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noun, plural -ties.
1.
the largest administrative division of a U.S. state: Miami, Florida, is in Dade County.
2.
one of the chief administrative divisions of a country or state, as in Great Britain and Ireland.
3.
one of the larger divisions for purposes of local administration, as in Canada and New Zealand.
4.
the territory of a county, especially its rural areas: We farmed out in the county before moving to town.
5.
EXPANDthe inhabitants of a county: It was supposed to be a secret, but you told the whole county.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English counte < Anglo-French counté, Old French cunté, conte < Late Latin comitātus imperial seat, office of a comes (see count2), equivalent to Latin comit-, stem of comes + -ātus -ate3 (or by reanalysis of Latin comitātus escort, retinue, orig. verbal noun of comitārī to accompany, derivative of comes
1250–1300; Middle English counte < Anglo-French counté, Old French cunté, conte < Late Latin comitātus imperial seat, office of a comes (see count2), equivalent to Latin comit-, stem of comes + -ātus -ate3 (or by reanalysis of Latin comitātus escort, retinue, orig. verbal noun of comitārī to accompany, derivative of comes
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county
late 13c., from Anglo-Norm. counte, from L.L. comitatus "jurisdiction of a count," from L. comes (see count (n.)); replaced O.E. scir "shire."
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