Country
Definition of Country
Coun´try Pronunciation: k?n´tr? n. | 1. | 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. | | 2. | Rural regions, as opposed to a city or town.As they walked, on their way into the country. - Mark xvi. 12 (Rev. Ver. ). | | 3. | 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. | | 4. | (Law) A jury, as representing the citizens of a country. | | 5. | (Mining.) The rock through which a vein runs. | a. | 1. | 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. | Destitute of refinement; rude; unpolished; rustic; not urbane; as, country manners. | | 3. | Pertaining, or peculiar, to one's own country. |
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