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border-land

border-land is the archaic spelling of borderland.

Meaning of borderland

Noun

borderland (plural borderlands)

  1. Land near a border; marches.
    • retaining Liddesdale and his other Borderlands and Offices in his owne person1644, David Hume, The History of the Houses of Douglas and Angus, Edinburgh: Evan Tyler, page 81
    Synonyms:
    marchland
  2. (figuratively) An intermediate state, category, etc.
    • Near-synonyms: twilight zone, shadowland

Forms of border-land

pluralborder-lands

Questions about border-land

What is border-land the archaic spelling of?
Border-land is the archaic spelling of borderland.

Words near border-land in the dictionary

  1. border states
  2. border stone
  3. border stones
  4. Border Terrier
  5. border-gore
  6. border-land
  7. border-lands
  8. border-line
  9. border-lined
  10. border-lines
  11. border-lining

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