Definitions for no man's land

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

no′ man's` land`(n.)

  1. an area between warring armies that no one controls.

    Category: Military

  2. an area where guidelines and authority are not clear.

  3. an unclaimed tract of usu. barren land.

Origin of no man's land:

1300–50

Princeton's WordNet

  1. no man's land(noun)

    an unoccupied area between the front lines of opposing armies

  2. no man's land(noun)

    land that is unowned and uninhabited (and usually undesirable)

  3. twilight zone, no man's land(noun)

    the ambiguous region between two categories or states or conditions (usually containing some features of both)

    "but there is still a twilight zone, the tantalizing occurrences that are probably noise but might possibly be a signal"; "in the twilight zone between humor and vulgarity"; "in that no man's land between negotiation and aggression"


Translations for no man's land

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

no-man's-land(noun)

land which no-one owns or controls, especially between opposing armies.

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