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latifundium definition

lati·fun·dium (lat′ə fun′dē əm)

noun pl. latifundia -·dia (-ə)

a large landed estate, typically owned by an absentee landlord and worked by serfs, as in some Latin American countries

Etymology: L < latus, broad (see lateral) + fundus, estate, orig., bottom: see found

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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