realm : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: realm	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for realm
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
realm n a domain in which something is dominant; "the untroubled kingdom of reason"; "a land of make-believe"; "the rise of the realm of cotton in the south" Synonym(s): kingdom, land, realm the domain ruled by a king or queen Synonym(s): kingdom, realm a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about; "it was a limited realm of discourse"; "here we enter the region of opinion"; "the realm of the occult" Synonym(s): region, realm
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Realm \Realm\, n. [OE. realme, ream, reaume, OF. reialme, roialme, F. royaume, fr. (assumed) LL. regalimen, from L. regalis royal. See {Regal}.] 1. A royal jurisdiction or domain; a region which is under the dominion of a king; a kingdom. The absolute master of realms on which the sun perpetually alone. --Motley. 2. Hence, in general, province; region; country; domain; department; division; as, the realm of fancy.