Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - county
County
county
n. & adj. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 a any of the territorial divisions of some countries, forming the chief unit of local administration. b US a political and administrative division of a State. 2 the people of a county, esp. the leading families. --adj. having the social status or characteristics of county families. Phrases and idioms county borough hist. a large borough ranking as a county for administrative purposes. county corporate hist. a city or town ranking as an administrative county. county council the elected governing body of an administrative county. county court a judicial court for civil cases (in the US for civil and criminal cases). county cricket cricket matches between teams representing counties. county family an aristocratic family with an ancestral seat in a county. County Palatine the territory of a Count or Earl Palatine. county town (US seat) the administrative capital of a county. Etymology: ME f. AF count{eacute}, OF cont{eacute}, cunt{eacute}, f. L comitatus (as COUNT(2))
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I. noun (plural counties) see: count Date: 14th century the domain of a count, 2. one of the territorial divisions of England and Wales and formerly also of Scotland and Northern Ireland constituting the chief units for administrative, judicial, and political purposes, b. the people of a ~, the gentry of a ~, the largest territorial division for local government within a state of the United States, the largest local administrative unit in various countries, ~ adjective II. noun (plural counties) Etymology: modification of Middle French comte Date: 1550 count III ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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