Word Meanings - HOMEFIELD - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Afield adjacent to its owner's home. Hawthorne.

OWNER
One who owns; a rightful proprietor; one who has the legal or rightful title, whether he is the possessor or not. Shak.
ADJACENTLY
So as to be adjacent.
OWNERLESS
Without an owner.
OWNERSHIP
The state of being an owner; the right to own; exclusive right of possession; legal or just claim or title; proprietorship.
ADJACENT
Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway. "The adjacent forest." B. Jonson. Adjacent or contiguous angle. See Angle. Syn. -- Adjoining; contiguous; near. -- Adjacent, Adjoining, Contiguous.
AFIELD
1. To, in, or on the field. "We drove afield." Milton. How jocund did they drive their team afield! Gray. 2. Out of the way; astray. Why should he wander afield at the age of fifty-five! Trollope.
CROWNER
A coroner. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, crowns. Beau. & FL. 2. Etym:
RENOWNER
One who gives renown.
LANDOWNER
An owner of land.
SHIPOWNER
Owner of a ship or ships.
CLOWNERY
Clownishness. L'Estrange.
SUNDOWNER
A tramp or vagabond in the Australian bush; -- so called from his coming to sheep stations at sunset of ask for supper and a bed, when it is too late to work; -- called also traveler and swagman (but not all swagmen are sundowners). Sundowners,
DROWNER
One who, or that which, drowns.