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county
noun
-
county
,
counties
an
area
within
a
country
that
has
its
own
local
government
•
Jackson
lives
in
the
northern
part
of
the
county
near
the
river
.
Jackson
lives
in
the
northern
part
of
the
county
near
the
river
.
•
The
county
built
a
new
bridge
to
connect
the
two
towns
.
The
county
built
a
new
bridge
to
connect
the
two
towns
.
From
Middle
English
countie
,
borrowed
from
Anglo-French
counte
,
ultimately
from
Latin
comitātus
meaning
“
jurisdiction
of
a
count
”.
noun
-
county
,
counties
the
government
or
officials
of
a
county
,
spoken
of
as
a
single
unit
•
The
county
has
announced
a
new
recycling
program
starting
next
month
.
The
county
has
announced
a
new
recycling
program
starting
next
month
.
•
He
got
a
job
working
for
the
county
in
the
planning
office
.
He
got
a
job
working
for
the
county
in
the
planning
office
.
Derived
from
sense
of
“
county
”
as
a
governing
jurisdiction
;
extended
to
mean
the
administrative
body
itself
.
