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country - 12 dictionary results
- 1. the territory occupied by a nation; " he returned to the land of his birth"; " he visited several European countries"
- 2. A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; ( as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region of one's birth, permanent residence, or citizenship.
- 3. Rural regions, as opposed to a city or town.
- 4. The inhabitants or people of a state or a region; the populace; the public. Hence: ( a) One's constituents. ( b) The whole body of the electors of state; as, to dissolve Parliament and appeal to the country.
- 5. A jury, as representing the citizens of a country.
- 6. The inhabitants of the district from which a jury is drawn.
- 7. The rock through which a vein runs.
- 8. Pertaining to the regions remote from a city; rural; rustic; as, a country life; a country town; the country party, as opposed to city.
- 9. Destitute of refinement; rude; unpolished; rustic; not urbane; as, country manners.
- 10. Pertaining, or peculiar, to one's own country.
- 11. Belonging to the country; rustic.
- 12. Rural region, as opposed to a town; tract of land; land.
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