DISTRICT
\dˈɪstɹɪkt], \dˈɪstɹɪkt], \d_ˈɪ_s_t_ɹ_ɪ_k_t]\
Definitions of DISTRICT
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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applicable to or serving the needs of a particular district; "the district courts"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Rigorous; stringent; harsh.
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The territory within which the lord has the power of coercing and punishing.
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A division of territory; a defined portion of a state, town, or city, etc., made for administrative, electoral, or other purposes; as, a congressional district, judicial district, land district, school district, etc.
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Any portion of territory of undefined extent; a region; a country; a tract.
By Oddity Software
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Rigorous; stringent; harsh.
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The territory within which the lord has the power of coercing and punishing.
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A division of territory; a defined portion of a state, town, or city, etc., made for administrative, electoral, or other purposes; as, a congressional district, judicial district, land district, school district, etc.
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Any portion of territory of undefined extent; a region; a country; a tract.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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(orig.) The territory within which a superior had a right to distrain or otherwise exercise authority: a portion of territory defined or undefined: a region.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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