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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
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