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county

[ koun-tee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

plural counties.

the largest administrative division of a U.S. state:
Miami, Florida, is in Dade County.
one of the chief administrative divisions of a country or state, as in Great Britain and Ireland.
one of the larger divisions for purposes of local administration, as in Canada and New Zealand.
the territory of a county, especially its rural areas:
We farmed out in the county before moving to town.
the inhabitants of a county:
It was supposed to be a secret, but you told the whole county.
the domain of a count or earl.

county

[ koun-tee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Obsolete.

count ².

county

/ ˈ�첹ʊ�Գ�ɪ /

noun

1. any of the administrative or geographic subdivisions of certain states, esp any of the major units into which England and Wales are or have been divided for purposes of local government
2. ( as modifier )
  county cricket
an electoral division in a rural area
obsolete.
the lands under the jurisdiction of a count or earl

adjective

informal.
having the characteristics and habits of the inhabitants of country houses and estates, esp an upper-class accent and an interest in horses, dogs, etc

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Word History and Origins

Origin of county¹

1250–1300; Middle English counte < Anglo-French ��ǳܲԳ�é, Old French cunté, conte < Late Latin ��ǳ��ٳܲ� imperial seat, office of a comes ( count ² ), equivalent to Latin comit-, stem of comes + -��ٳܲ� -ate ³ (or by reanalysis of Latin ��ǳ��ٳܲ� escort, retinue, originally verbal noun of ��ǳ��ī to accompany, derivative of comes

Origin of county²

1540–50; < Anglo-French counte count ²; -y by confusion with county ¹

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Word History and Origins

Origin of county¹

C14: from Old French ��ǲԳ�é land belonging to a count, from Late Latin ��ǳ��ٳܲ� office of a count, from comes count ²

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Example Sentences

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This time round they want to add to the tally in counties like Shropshire, Gloucestershire and Kent, where they already have bums on seats.

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In March, a county resident who had recently traveled through Los Angeles International Airport on a China Airlines flight from Taipei, Taiwan, tested positive.

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Questions had been raised about whether Dame Andrea Jenkyns was entitled to be on the electoral roll in the county, one of the criteria for being a candidate.

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“They’re a little bit bewildered seeing press conferences from the county saying what an amazing job you’ve done,” said Gillotte, whose union’s contract with the county expired a week before the fires.

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The bat was discovered on April 17 and taken in for testing as part of the county’s routine rabies surveillance effort, according to the OC Health Care Agency.

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count to ten county agent

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