champaign
[noun]
Synonyms: field, bailiwick, demesne, domain, dominion, province, sphere, terrain, territory, walk

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champaign noun & adjective. ['tʃampeɪn] Now chiefly literary. Also champain, champian, champion. LME.
[Old & mod. French champagne from late Latin campania use as noun of fem. sing. & neut. pl. of campanius adjective, from Latin campus: see CAMP noun². Cf. CAMPAGNA, CAMPAIGN.]
A. noun.
1. (An expanse of) level open country. LME.

2. The field of battle; a battlefield. LME-M19.

3. Unenclosed or common land. M16-M17.

4. fig. A field of enquiry, observation, etc.; a sphere of operation. L16.
b. attrib. or as adjective.
1. Of, pertaining to, or designating unenclosed or common land. LME-E18.

2. Of, pertaining to, or designating level open country. E16.

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