| 1. | an area between opposing armies, over which no control has been established. |
| 2. | an unowned or unclaimed tract of usually barren land. |
| 3. | an indefinite or ambiguous area where guidelines and authority are not clear: a no man's land between acceptance and rejection. |
| 4. | (in tennis, handball, etc.) the area of a court in which a player is at a tactical disadvantage, as the area of a tennis court about midway between the net and the base line. |
