Bailiwick
Pronunciation
- enPR: bÄ'lÄ-wÄk, IPA: /ˈbeɪ.lɪ.wɪk/
Origin
From bailie ("bailiff") and wick ("dwelling"), from Old English wīc.
Full definition of bailiwick
Noun
bailiwick
(plural bailiwicks)- the district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.The Bailiwick of Jersey.
- a person's concern or sphere of operations, their area of skill or authority.
- w, The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt, I established the fairly well-understood pattern that affairs of state were not in my bailiwick.
Synonyms
- (area or subject of authority or involvement) domain, department, jurisdiction, sphere, territory, turf.