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:
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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