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==Etymology== The word derives from Old French {{lang|fro|demeine}}, ultimately from Latin {{lang|la|dominus}}, "lord, master of a household" – ''demesne'' is a variant of ''domaine''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=demesne|title=Demesne – Define Demesne at Dictionary.com|work=Dictionary.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cdict.giga.net.tw/q/demesne|title=Cassell's Latin Dictionary|author1=James Robert Vernam Marchant|author2=Joseph Fletcher Charles|website=cdict.giga.net.tw|access-date=2007-07-12|archive-date=2008-10-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012014748/http://cdict.giga.net.tw/q/demesne|url-status=dead}}</ref> The word ''barton'', which is historically synonymous to ''demesne'' and is an element found in many place-names, can refer to a demesne farm: it derives from [[Old English]] ''bere'' ([[Bere (grain)|barley]]) and ''ton'' ([[enclosure]]).<ref>Corèdon and Williams, p. 33</ref>
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