[kuhn-tree] 
noun, plural -tries, adjective | 1. | a state or nation: What European countries have you visited? |
| 2. | the territory of a nation. |
| 3. | the people of a district, state, or nation: The whole country backed the president in his decision. |
| 4. | the land of one's birth or citizenship. |
| 5. | rural districts, including farmland, parkland, and other sparsely populated areas, as opposed to cities or towns: Many city dwellers like to spend their vacations in the country. |
| 6. | any considerable territory demarcated by topographical conditions, by a distinctive population, etc.: mountainous country; the Amish country of Pennsylvania. |
| 7. | a tract of land considered apart from any geographical or political limits; region; district. |
| 8. | the public. |
| 9. | Law. the public at large, as represented by a jury. |
| 10. | country music. |
| 11. | of, from, or characteristic of the country; rural: a winding country road. |
| 12. | of, pertaining to, or associated with country music: That Nashville station plays country records all day long. |
| 13. | rude; unpolished; rustic: country manners. |
| 14. | of, from, or pertaining to a particular country. |
| 15. | Obsolete. of one's own country. |
| 16. | go to the country, British. to dissolve a Parliament that has cast a majority vote disagreeing with the prime minister and cabinet and to call for the election of a new House of Commons. Also, appeal to the country. |
| 17. | put oneself upon the or one's country, Law. to present one's cause formally before a jury. |
| coun·try (kŭn'trē) n. pl. coun·tries
[Middle English countre, from Old French contree, from Vulgar Latin *(terra) contrāta, (land) opposite, before, from Latin contrā, opposite; see kom in Indo-European roots.] |
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