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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. |
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Rural regions, as opposed to a city or town. |
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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. |
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A jury, as representing the citizens of a country. |
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The inhabitants of the district from which a jury is
drawn. |
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The rock through which a vein runs. |
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Pertaining to the regions remote from a city; rural;
rustic; as, a country life; a country town; the country party, as
opposed to city. |
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Destitute of refinement; rude; unpolished; rustic; not
urbane; as, country manners. |
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Pertaining, or peculiar, to one's own country. |
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