bookland
see also: Bookland
Etymology
Bookland
Etymology Proper noun
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see also: Bookland
Etymology
From Middle English bocland, boclond, from Old English bōcland, equivalent to book + land.
Nounbookland (plural booklands)
- (historical) In Anglo-Saxon society, land held by charter or written title, free from all fief, fee, service
and fines. It was held chiefly by the nobility and denominated freeholders.
Bookland
Etymology Proper noun
- (informal) The notional country associated with a numeric country prefix allocated in the 1980s for European Article Number identifiers of published books, regardless of country of origin.
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