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latifundium (iou)



latifundium noun. . Orig. Anglicized as latifund. M17.
[Latin, from latus broad + fundus landed estate; partly from Spanish latifundio from Latin.]
A large landed estate or ranch, freq. worked by slaves or people of semi-servile status; esp. one in Spain or Latin America or (Hist.) in ancient Rome. Usu. in pl.