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swannery en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈswɒn.ə.ɹi/

Etymology

Etymology tree English swan Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English swannery From swan + -ery.

Meanings

1. A place where swans are bred.
   • At Abbotsbury, in Dorsetshire, there was formerly a noble swannery, the property of the Earl of Ilchester, where six or seven hundred were kept... 1845, S. G. Goodrich, Illustrative Anecdotes Of The Animal Kingdom, page 197:
   • For years a large swannery existed among the islands, and the “king's swanner” used to come down and hold his periodical courts. 1858, Walter White, chapter 6, in A Month In Yorkshire, page 40:
   • The swannery, I may say, was my idea; I said once in his hearing that it gave a baronial air to an estate; you see I knew a man who had got a lot of surplus swan stock for sale. 1913, Saki, chapter 7, in When William Came:

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