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单词 crown land
释义

crown land

noun

1
: land belonging to the crown and yielding revenues that the reigning sovereign is entitled to
2
: public land in some British dominions or colonies

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web New Brunswick is 50 percent private and 50 percent crown land, where anyone with a license can hunt. Gerald Almy, Field & Stream, 2 Apr. 2020 The crown lands are still debated, as many Hawaiian groups believe they were illegally stolen. NBC News, 3 Aug. 2019 Many Native Hawaiians consider these lands part of the inventory of resources illegally taken from them by the United States and view the state as only temporary stewards of these crown lands. Trisha Kehaulani Watson-sproat, Vox, 24 July 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1591, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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