Definition of country

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Country (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..

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Reafforest :: Reafforest (v. t.) To convert again into a forest, as a region of country..
Bumpkin :: Bumpkin (n.) An awkward, heavy country fellow; a clown; a country lout..
Proletaire :: Proletaire (n.) One of the common people; a low person; also, the common people as a class or estate in a country..
Compatriot :: Compatriot (a.) Of the same country; having a common sentiment of patriotism.
Influx :: Influx (n.) A coming in; infusion; intromission; introduction; importation in abundance; also, that which flows or comes in; as, a great influx of goods into a country, or an influx of gold and silver..
Eponymous :: Eponymous (a.) Relating to an eponym; giving one's name to a tribe, people, country, and the like..
Exile :: Exile (n.) Forced separation from one's native country; expulsion from one's home by the civil authority; banishment; sometimes, voluntary separation from one's native country..
Immigrate :: Immigrate (v. t.) To come into a country of which one is not a native, for the purpose of permanent residence. See Emigrate..
Expatriation :: Expatriation (n.) The act of banishing, or the state of banishment; especially, the forsaking of one's own country with a renunciation of allegiance..
Upcountry :: Upcountry (a.) Living or situated remote from the seacoast; as, an upcountry residence..
Excise :: Excise (n.) In inland duty or impost operating as an indirect tax on the consumer, levied upon certain specified articles, as, tobacco, ale, spirits, etc., grown or manufactured in the country. It is also levied to pursue certain trades and deal in certain commodities. Certain direct taxes (as, in England, those on carriages, servants, plate, armorial bearings, etc.), are included in the excise. Often used adjectively; as, excise duties; excise law; excise system..
Expel :: Expel (v. t.) To drive away from one's country; to banish.
Churl :: Churl (n.) A rustic; a countryman or laborer.
Town :: Town (adv. & prep.) Any collection of houses larger than a village, and not incorporated as a city; also, loosely, any large, closely populated place, whether incorporated or not, in distinction from the country, or from rural communities..
Drain :: Drain (n.) The act of draining, or of drawing off; gradual and continuous outflow or withdrawal; as, the drain of specie from a country..
Hyrcan :: Hyrcan (a.) Of or pertaining to Hyrcania, an ancient country or province of Asia, southeast of the Caspian (which was also called the Hyrcanian) Sea..
Country :: Country (adv.) A jury, as representing the citizens of a country..
Shut :: Shut (v. t.) To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut the ports of a country by a blockade..
Vernacular :: Vernacular (a.) Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or nature; native; indigenous; -- now used chiefly of language; as, English is our vernacular language..
Body :: Body (n.) The trunk, or main part, of a person or animal, as distinguished from the limbs and head; the main, central, or principal part, as of a tree, army, country, etc..
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