| Definitions of 'country' |
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1. (noun) state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic
a politically organized body of people under a single government
"the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land"
2. (noun) country, state, land
the territory occupied by a nation
"he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"
3. (noun) nation, land, country
the people who live in a nation or country
"a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him"
4. (noun) country, rural area
an area outside of cities and towns
"his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country"
5. (noun) area, country
a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
"it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country"
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| Definitions of 'country' |
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1. (adj) country
pertaining to the regions remote from a city; rural; rustic; as, a country life; a country town; the country party, as opposed to city
2. (adj) country
destitute of refinement; rude; unpolished; rustic; not urbane; as, country manners
3. (adj) country
pertaining, or peculiar, to one's own country
4. (adverb) country
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
5. (adverb) country
rural regions, as opposed to a city or town
6. (adverb) country
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
7. (adverb) country
a jury, as representing the citizens of a country
8. (adverb) country
the inhabitants of the district from which a jury is drawn
9. (adverb) country
the rock through which a vein runs
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