bookland

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noun

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.

OriginMiddle English bocland ← Old English bōcland →
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Meanings

bookland1

nounbookland (plural booklands)

plural booklands · alternative bocland

  1. historicalIn 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.

Bookland2

proper noun
  1. informalThe factitious country associated with a numeric country prefix allocated in the 1980s for European Article Number identifiers of published books, regardless of country of origin.

Origin

bookland · noun

  1. Old Englishbōcland
  2. Middle Englishbocland
  3. Englishbookland

From Middle English bocland, boclond, from Old English bōcland. By surface analysis, book + -land.

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Bookland · proper noun

From book + -land.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

bookland. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bookland

MLA

“bookland.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bookland. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bookland,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bookland.

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