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Definition for Prairie (-s)
practised
praise
prairie (-s)
, n. [Fr. < OFr
prātum, meadow.]
Meadow; field; lea; clearing; grassy tract of land.
Plain; steppe; moor; frontier; [fig.] area; region; tract; terrain; range; expanse; span; stretch.
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