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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction;

2. a branch of knowledge;
- Example: "in what discipline is his doctorate?"
- Example: "teachers should be well trained in their subject"
- Example: "anthropology is the study of human beings"
[syn: discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bailiwick \Bail"i*wick\, n. [Bailie, bailiff + wick a village.]
   (Law)
   The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the
   limits of a bailiff's authority.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

bailiwick
    n 1: the area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction
    2: a branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his
       doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their
       subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings" [syn:
       discipline, subject, subject area, subject field,
       field, field of study, study, bailiwick]