countynoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkaʊn.ti/us/ˈkaʊn.t̬i/written abbreviation Co.B2 a political division of the UK or Ireland, forming the largest unit of local government, or the largest political division of a state in the US:
County Antrim
A county usually consists of several towns and the rural areas that surround them.
Rutland is the smallest county in England.
Texas is divided into 254 counties.
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- Binns was a dab hand at cricket and played for his county in his youth.
- Our school won the county football shield this year.
- The county Board of Education has decided to cancel high school gymnastics and golf programs.
- Bounded on the east by Lake Winnebago, the county is traversed by the Wolf and Fox rivers.
- Judge Davis upheld the county court's decision.
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UK politics: local government & politics
- alderman
- authority
- borough
- canton
- city council
- city fathers
- city hall
- councilman
- councilwoman
- county borough
- county council
- development area
- enterprise zone
- municipality
- parish council
- parochial
- prefecture
- principal area
- shire
- South Yorkshire
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Towns & regions: parts of countries
countyadjective
uk/ˈkaʊn.ti/us/ˈkaʊn.t̬i/UK usually disapprovingbehaving in a way that is typical of rich people with a high social position who live in large houses in the countryside:
She mixes with a very county set.
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Rich people
- beautiful
- capitalist
- deb
- designer socialist
- elite
- jet-setter
- laird
- means
- nabob
- nob
- plutocracy
- rentier
- rich
- socialite
- the beautiful people idiom
- the jet set
- toff
- well heeled
- well off
- yuppie
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