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Definition of Acres

1. Noun. Extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use. "The family owned a large estate on Long Island"

Definition of Acres

1. Noun. (plural of acre) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Acres

1. acre [n] - See also: acre

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acres

Literary usage of Acres

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"London County Council AVERT Hat (87 acres), SEo, with newly- restored Winter ... Kent, has an i8-uole public golf course. BLACKHEATH (171 acres), SE-з. ..."

2. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1891)
"50 acres ffrancis Davenport . . 160 acres Samuell Wright . . .285 acres Thomas Wright . . .500 ... 40 acres Robt and Tho : Scholey . 200 acres John Rogers . ..."

3. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1893)
"Thomas Bridge (48) for 250 acres for Thomas Pickrell, Wilt Griffen, John Mickey, ... to John Greene for 200 acres for Richard Greene, katherine Greene, ..."

4. Report by Public Archives of Canada (1893)
"From Joshua Mauger, for 20000 acres. From John Pownall, for 20000 acres. From Richard Cumberland, for 20.000 acres. From John Tutte, Edward Lewis and Hugh ..."

5. United States Supreme Court Reportsby Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1882)
"Subsequent to this withdrawal, the four hundred acres which Langham attempted to have left vacant thereby, were located by Galloway, by entries of three ..."

6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"... acres. Practically all or nearly all these lands go into farms.* Lands similarly disposed of in Texas, according to the reports of the commissioner of ..."

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