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Town vs. Country

Town and Country Definitions

Town

A population center that is larger than a village and smaller than a city.

Country

A nation or state.

Town

A territorial and political unit governed by a town meeting, especially in New England.

Country

The territory of a nation or state; land.

Town

(Informal) A city
New York is a big town.

Country

The people of a nation or state; populace
The whole country will profit from the new economic reforms.
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Town

Chiefly British A rural village that has a market or fair periodically.

Country

The land of a person's birth or citizenship
Foreign travel is restricted in his country.

Town

The residents of a town
The whole town was upset at the news.

Country

A region, territory, or large tract of land distinguishable by features of topography, biology, or culture
Hill country.
Bible country.

Town

An area that is more densely populated or developed than the surrounding area
Going into town to shop.

Country

An area or expanse outside cities and towns; a rural area
A vacation in the country.
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Town

The residents of a community in which a university or college is located, as opposed to the students and faculty
A dispute pitting town against gown.

Country

The people of a district who are eligible for jury service.

Town

A group of prairie dog burrows.

Country

A jury.

Town

A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city, historically enclosed by a fence or walls, with total populations ranging from several hundred to more than a hundred thousand (as of the early 21st century)
This town is really dangerous because these youngsters have Beretta handguns.

Country

(Informal) Country music.
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Town

Any more urbanized centre than the place of reference.
I'll be in Yonkers, then I'm driving into town to see the Knicks at the Garden tonight.

Country

Of, relating to, or typical of the country
A country road.
Country cooking.

Town

A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.

Country

Of or relating to country music.

Town

The residents (as opposed to gown: the students, faculty, etc.) of a community which is the site of a university.

Country

(chiefly British) An area of land; a district, region.

Town

(colloquial) Used to refer to a town or similar entity under discussion.
Call me when you get to town.

Country

A set region of land having particular human occupation or agreed limits, especially inhabited by members of the same race, speakers of the same language etc., or associated with a given person, occupation, species etc.

Town

A major city, especially one where the speaker is located.

Country

The territory of a nation, especially an independent nation state or formerly independent nation; a political entity asserting ultimate authority over a geographical area; a sovereign state.

Town

(legal) A municipal organization, such as a corporation, defined by the laws of the entity of which it is a part.

Country

A rural area, as opposed to a town or city; the countryside.

Town

(obsolete) An enclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor; by extension, the whole of the land which constituted the domain.

Country

Ellipsis of country music
A country song
A country singer
A country festival

Town

A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.

Country

(mining) The rock through which a vein runs.

Town

London, especially central London.

Country

From or in the countryside or connected with it.

Town

Formerly: (a) An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor. [Obs.] (b) The whole of the land which constituted the domain. [Obs.] (c) A collection of houses inclosed by fences or walls.

Country

Of or connected to country music.

Town

Any number or collection of houses to which belongs a regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a bishop.

Country

Originating in India rather than being imported from Europe or elsewhere.

Town

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.
God made the country, and man made the town.

Country

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.
Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred.
I might have learned this by my last exile,that change of countries cannot change my state.
Many a famous realmAnd country, whereof here needs no account

Town

The body of inhabitants resident in a town; as, the town voted to send two representatives to the legislature; the town voted to lay a tax for repairing the highways.

Country

Rural regions, as opposed to a city or town.
As they walked, on their way into the country.
God made the covatry, and man made the town.
Only very great men were in the habit of dividing the year between town and country.

Town

A township; the whole territory within certain limits, less than those of a country.

Country

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.
All the country in a general voiceCried hate upon him.

Town

The court end of London; - commonly with the.

Country

A jury, as representing the citizens of a country.

Town

The metropolis or its inhabitants; as, in winter the gentleman lives in town; in summer, in the country.
Always hankering after the diversions of the town.
Stunned with his giddy larum half the town.

Country

The rock through which a vein runs.

Town

A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.

Country

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

Town

An urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city;
They drive through town on their way to work

Country

Destitute of refinement; rude; unpolished; rustic; not urbane; as, country manners.

Town

An administrative division of a county;
The town is responsible for snow removal

Country

Pertaining, or peculiar, to one's own country.
She, bowing herself towards him, laughing the cruel tyrant to scorn, spake in her country language.

Town

The people living in a municipality smaller than a city;
The whole town cheered the team

Country

The territory occupied by a nation;
He returned to the land of his birth
He visited several European countries

Country

A politically organized body of people under a single government;
The state has elected a new president
African nations
Students who had come to the nation's capitol
The country's largest manufacturer
An industrialized land

Country

The people who live in a nation or country;
A statement that sums up the nation's mood
The news was announced to the nation
The whole country worshipped him

Country

An area outside of cities and towns;
His poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country

Country

A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography);
It was a mountainous area
Bible country

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