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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
county/ˈkaʊnti/
▶noun (pl. counties)
  • 1 a territorial division of some countries, forming the chief unit of local administration.

    ■ US a political and administrative division of a state.

  • 2 [as modifier] Brit. of or denoting aristocratic people with an ancestral home in a particular county.
– origin ME: from OFr. conte, from L. comitatus, from comes, comit- (see count2).



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