Definition of district

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District (v. t.) To divide into districts or limited portions of territory; as, legislatures district States for the choice of representatives..

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District :: District (a.) Rigorous; stringent; harsh.
Waterlandian :: Waterlandian (n.) One of a body of Dutch Anabaptists who separated from the Mennonites in the sixteenth century; -- so called from a district in North Holland denominated Waterland.
Register :: Register (n.) A record containing a list and description of the merchant vessels belonging to a port or customs district.
Sauterne :: Sauterne (n.) A white wine made in the district of Sauterne, France..
Eland :: Eland (n.) A species of large South African antelope (Oreas canna). It is valued both for its hide and flesh, and is rapidly disappearing in the settled districts; -- called also Cape elk..
Marshal :: Marshal (n.) A ministerial officer, appointed for each judicial district of the United States, to execute the process of the courts of the United States, and perform various duties, similar to those of a sheriff. The name is also sometimes applied to certain police officers of a city..
Territorial :: Territorial (a.) Limited to a certain district; as, right may be personal or territorial..
Bordelais :: Bordelais (a.) Of or pertaining to Bordeaux, in France, or to the district around Bordeaux..
Tsetse :: Tsetse (n.) A venomous two-winged African fly (Glossina morsitans) whose bite is very poisonous, and even fatal, to horses and cattle, but harmless to men. It renders extensive districts in which it abounds uninhabitable during certain seasons of the year..
Legation :: Legation (n.) A district under the jurisdiction of a legate.
Zillah :: Zillah (n.) A district or local division, as of a province..
Precinct :: Precinct (n.) A district within certain boundaries; a minor territorial or jurisdictional division; as, an election precinct; a school precinct..
Archdeaconry :: Archdeaconry (n.) The district, office, or residence of an archdeacon. See Benefice..
Patrol :: Patrol (v. i.) Any perambulation of a particular line or district to guard it; also, the men thus guarding; as, a customs patrol; a fire patrol..
Stump :: Stump (v. t.) To travel over, delivering speeches for electioneering purposes; as, to stump a State, or a district. See To go on the stump, under Stump, n..
Bar :: Bar (n.) The whole body of lawyers licensed in a court or district; the legal profession.
District :: District (n.) 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..
Pontine :: Pontine (a.) Of or pertaining to an extensive marshy district between Rome and Naples.
Rajah :: Rajah (a.) A native prince or king; also, a landholder or person of importance in the agricultural districts..
Wallaby :: Wallaby (n.) Any one of numerous species of kangaroos belonging to the genus Halmaturus, native of Australia and Tasmania, especially the smaller species, as the brush kangaroo (H. Bennettii) and the pademelon (H. thetidis). The wallabies chiefly inhabit the wooded district and bushy plains..
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