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