County definition
A small administrative district of a country.
- The largest local administrative subdivision of most states of the U.S.
- Any of the chief administrative districts into which England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Ireland are divided.
- An administrative district in certain Canadian provinces.
- An electoral district in rural New Zealand.
noun
A territorial division exercising administrative, judicial, and political functions in Great Britain and Ireland.
noun
The people living in a county.
noun
A county is defined as an administrative division of a state or country.
An example of a county is Suffolk County on Long Island in New York.
noun
The territory under the jurisdiction of a count or earl.
noun
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The people living in a county.
noun
(obs.) The region governed by a count or earl.
noun
The definition of county refers to an administrative division in a state or country.
An example of county used as an adjective is in the phrase "county court," which means a court of that particular geographic area.
adjective
Of, in, for, or characteristic of a county.
adjective
The largest administrative division of most states in the United States.
noun
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Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
county
Plural:
countiesOrigin of county
- Middle English counte territorial division from Old French conte the territory of a count from Medieval Latin comitātus from Late Latin the office of count from Latin retinue from comes comit- companion ei- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition