county
Forms
- Plural
- counties
- Comparative
- more county
- Superlative
- most county
Definitions
1.An administrative or geographical region of various countries, including Bhutan, Canada, China, Croatia, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, South Korea, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and 47 of the 50 United States (excluding Alaska, Connecticut, and Louisiana).
2.A definitive geographic region, without direct administrative functions.
3.A jail operated by a county government.(slang)
- He can't come; he's up in the county for agg assault.
- Okay gentlemen, you've both been to county before, I'm sure. Here it comes.
1.Characteristic of a ‘county family’; representative of the gentry or aristocracy of a county.
- She was a tall girl and county, with Hilary's walk: she seemed to topple even when she sat.
- Now, in the district around Chipping Carby, the County Families are very County indeed, few more so.
- Susan Dean realises that her secretary, Eleanor Grantly, is much more county than she ever will be, because Eleanor knows all the Barsetshire family connections and is connected herself.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #652
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Middle English countee, counte, conte, from Anglo-Norman counté, Old French conté (French comté), from Latin comitātus (“jurisdiction of a count”), from comes (“count, earl”).
Cognate with Spanish condado (“county”) and Italian contea (“county”).