country - English dictionary definition

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1. Country  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.
2. Country  Rural regions, as opposed to a city or town.
3. Country  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.
4. Country  A jury, as representing the citizens of a country.
5. Country  The inhabitants of the district from which a jury is drawn.
6. Country  The rock through which a vein runs.
7. Country  Pertaining to the regions remote from a city; rural; rustic; as, a country life; a country town; the country party, as opposed to city.
8. Country  Destitute of refinement; rude; unpolished; rustic; not urbane; as, country manners.
9. Country  Pertaining, or peculiar, to one's own country.
10. Country  A dwelling in the country, used as a place of retirement from the city.