District - English Dictionary

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District - English Dictionary

1. Rigorous; stringent; harsh.
2. The territory within which the lord has the power of coercing and punishing.
3. A division of territory; a defined portion of a state, town, or city, etc., made for administrative, electoral, or other purposes; as, a congressional district, judicial district, land district, school district, etc.
4. Any portion of territory of undefined extent; a region; a country; a tract.
5. To divide into districts or limited portions of territory; as, legislatures district States for the choice of representatives.
6. a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

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