(a) the chief town of a shire, a county-town, see county, n.1 adj.compounds 7; also transferred; (b) U.S. = county seat n. at county, n.1 adj.compoun…
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| 释义 | society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun] > chief town of county or district (6) shire-town1459 (a) the chief town of a shire, a county-town, see county, n.1 adj.compounds 7; also transferred; (b) U.S. = county seat n. at county, n.1 adj.compoun… city1526 A large or important municipality. Chiefly with the. The built-up and densely inhabited part of a region as distinguished from the countryside… county town1626 the town in which the administrative centre of a county is based; cf. shire-town n. at shire, n. compounds 2. bailiwick-town1675 a town under the jurisdiction of a bailiff; the chief town of a hundred. Subcategories:— in U.S. (1) — in the Philippines (1) |
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