Results for county

Definitions of county:

part of speech: noun

Originally an earldom or district under a count; a particular division or district of a state or kingdom; a shire.

part of speech: noun

( orig.) The province ruled by a count: a division of a State in U. S. with a chief city, called the county seat: a shire.

Usage examples for county:

• In matters of the choice of a teacher, the masses are again guided by quite different views from the County Council. "Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales", Leo Tolstoy

• Art was young and timid in Cook County "A Daughter of the Middle Border", Hamlin Garland