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Definitions of country

1. 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" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

2. 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" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

3. an area outside of cities and towns; "his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

4. A tract of land; region; rural parts; one's native land. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.

5. A rural region as distinct from a town: a tract of land: the land in which one was born, or in which one resides. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.

6. Rural region, as opposed to a town; tract of land; land. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.

7. A region or nation; district; tract of land; native land. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

8. With the definite article, a rural region. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

9. A territory; its inhabitants; one's own land; the rural part as distinct from the city; a dwelling-place; a jury. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.

10. Rural districts; a kingdom or state; any tract of land; one's residence or native soil. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.

11. typical of the country; "country-style sausage"; "country music" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

12. rough and uncouth; "a country boy" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

13. the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries" Wordnet Dictionary DB

14. 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. Newage Dictionary DB

15. Rural regions, as opposed to a city or town. Newage Dictionary DB

16. 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. Newage Dictionary DB

17. A jury, as representing the citizens of a country. Newage Dictionary DB

18. The inhabitants of the district from which a jury is drawn. Newage Dictionary DB

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

20. Destitute of refinement; rude; unpolished; rustic; not urbane; as, country manners. Newage Dictionary DB

21. Pertaining, or peculiar, to one's own country. Newage Dictionary DB

22. Rural, rustic, unpolished. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.

23. Belonging to the country; rustic. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.

24. Pertaining to the country; rural; rustic; peculiar to one's own country; rude. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.

25. Pert. to the districts beyond a town; rural; rustic; untaught; rude. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.

Usage examples for country

1. She felt it more in the city than in the country – Two Prisoners by Thomas Nelson Page

2. But the country was far, far away, and Ethel's papa and mamma were too busy to take their little daughter there. – A Kindergarten Story Book by Jane L. Hoxie