- 1. n. A large town. Source: opted
- 2. n. A corporate town; in the United States, a town or collective body of inhabitants, incorporated and governed by a mayor and aldermen or a city council consisting of a board of aldermen and a common council; in Great Britain, a town corporate, which is or has been the seat of a bishop, or the capital of his see. Source: opted
- 3. n. The collective body of citizens, or inhabitants of a city. Source: opted
- 4. a. Of or pertaining to a city. Source: opted
- 5. n. a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts Source: wordnet
- 6. n. an incorporated administrative district established by state charter Source: wordnet
- 7. n. people living in a large densely populated municipality Source: wordnet
- 8. 1. A large town. 2. A corporate town; in the United States, a town or collective body of inhabitants, incorporated and governed by a mayor and aldermen or a city council consisting of a board of aldermen and a common council; in Great Britain, a town corporate, which is or has been the seat of a bishop, or the capital of his see. A city is a town incorporated; which is, or has been, the see of a bishop; and though the bishopric has been dissolved, as at Westminster, it yet remaineth a city. Blackstone When Gorges constituted York a city, he of course meant it to be the seat of a bishop, for the word city has no other meaning in English law. Palfrey 3. The collective body of citizens, or inhabitants of a city. "What is the city but the people" Shak. Syn. -- See Village. Of or pertaining to a city. Shak. City council. See under Council. -- City court, The municipal court of a city. [U. S.] -- City ward, a watchman, or the collective watchmen, of a city. [Obs.] Fairfax. Source: webster
- 9. Of or pertaining to a city. Shak. City council. See underCouncil.-- City court, The municipal court of a city. [U. S.] -- City ward,a watchman, or the collective watchmen, of a city. [Obs.] Fairfax. Source: adambom
- 10. n:100 n. a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts n. an incorporated administrative district established by state charter n. people living in a large densely populated municipality Source: ecdict
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