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the people who live in a nation or country; "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him"

a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land"

an area outside of cities and towns; "his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country"

typical of the country; "country-style sausage"; "country music"

rough and uncouth; "a country boy"

the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"

the people who live in a nation or country; "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him"

a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land"

an area outside of cities and towns; "his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country"

typical of the country; "country-style sausage"; "country music"

rough and uncouth; "a country boy"

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.

Rural regions, as opposed to a city or town.

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.

A jury, as representing the citizens of a country.

The inhabitants of the district from which a jury is drawn.

Pertaining to the regions remote from a city; rural; rustic; as, a country life; a country town; the country party, as opposed to city.

Destitute of refinement; rude; unpolished; rustic; not urbane; as, country manners.

Pertaining, or peculiar, to one's own country.

A tract of land; region; rural parts; one's native land.

Rural, rustic, unpolished.

A rural region as distinct from a town: a tract of land: the land in which one was born, or in which one resides.

Belonging to the country; rustic.

Rural region, as opposed to a town; tract of land; land.

A region or nation; district; tract of land; native land.

Pertaining to the country; rural; rustic; peculiar to one's own country; rude.

A territory; its inhabitants; one's own land; the rural part as distinct from the city; a dwelling-place; a jury.

Rural districts; a kingdom or state; any tract of land; one's residence or native soil.

Pert. to the districts beyond a town; rural; rustic; untaught; rude.

n. [French] [Latin] A tract of land; district; properly land in the vicinity of a city; —any large tract of land; territory; kingdom; —the land of one’s birth or residence; —the inhabitants of a district or kingdom.

A tract of land, a region; rural parts; the place of one’s birth, the native soil; the inhabitants of any region.

Rustick, rural; remote from cities or courts; peculiar to a region or people; rude, ignorant, untaught.