country

1. adv. 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. Source: opted

2. adv. Rural regions, as opposed to a city or town. Source: opted

3. adv. 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. Source: opted

4. adv. A jury, as representing the citizens of a country. Source: opted

5. adv. The inhabitants of the district from which a jury is drawn. Source: opted

6. adv. The rock through which a vein runs. Source: opted

7. a. Pertaining to the regions remote from a city; rural; rustic; as, a country life; a country town; the country party, as opposed to city. Source: opted

8. a. Destitute of refinement; rude; unpolished; rustic; not urbane; as, country manners. Source: opted

9. a. Pertaining, or peculiar, to one's own country. Source: opted

10. n. a politically organized body of people under a single government Source: wordnet

11. n. the territory occupied by a nation Source: wordnet

12. n. the people who live in a nation or country Source: wordnet

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