Dictionary  pur•lieuPronunciation: (pûr'lOO, pûrl'yOO), [key] —n. 1. purlieus,environs or neighborhood. 2. a place where one may range at large; confines or bounds. 3. a person's haunt or resort. 4. an outlying district or region, as of a town or city. 5. a piece of land on the edge of a forest, originally land that, after having been included in a royal forest, was restored to private ownership, though still subject, in some respects, to the operation of the forest laws. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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