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country (k?n"tr?), n.; pl. Countries (-tr/z). [F. contre, LL. contrata, fr. L. contra over against, on
| country | (k?n"tr?), n.; pl. Countries (-tr/z). [F. contre, LL. contrata, fr. L. contra over against, on the opposite side. Cf. Counter, adv., Contra.] 1.
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.
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-Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred. Gen. xxxxii. 9.
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-I might have learned this by my last exile, |
| country | , a. 1.
Pertaining to the regions remote from a city; rural; rustic; as, a country life; a country town; the country party, as opposed to city.
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Destitute of refinement; rude; unpolished; rustic; not urbane; as, country manners.
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Pertaining, or peculiar, to one's own country.
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-She, bowing herself towards him, laughing the cruel tyrant to scorn, spake in her country language. 2 Macc. vii. 27.
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