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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
district
n 1: a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
[syn: district, territory, territorial dominion,
dominion]
v 1: regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns [syn:
zone, district]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
District \Dis"trict\, a. [L. districtus, p. p.]
Rigorous; stringent; harsh. [Obs.]
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Punishing with the rod of district severity. --Foxe.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
District \Dis"trict\, n. [LL. districtus district, fr. L.
districtus, p. p. of distringere: cf. F. district. See
Distrain.]
1. (Feudal Law) The territory within which the lord has the
power of coercing and punishing.
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2. 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.
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To exercise exclusive legislation . . . over such
district not exceeding ten miles square. --The
Constitution
of the United
States.
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3. Any portion of territory of undefined extent; a region; a
country; a tract.
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These districts which between the tropics lie.
--Blackstone.
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Congressional district. See under Congressional.
District attorney, the prosecuting officer of a district or
district court.
District court, a subordinate municipal, state, or United
States tribunal, having jurisdiction in certain cases
within a judicial district.
District judge, one who presides over a district court.
District school, a public school for the children within a
school district. [U.S.]
Syn: Division; circuit; quarter; province; tract; region;
country.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
District \Dis"trict\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Districted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Districting.]
To divide into districts or limited portions of territory;
as, legislatures district States for the choice of
representatives.
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5. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) |
DISTRICT. A certain portion of the country, separated from the rest for some
special purposes. The United States are divided into judicial districts, in
each of which is established a district court; they are also divided into
election districts; collection districts, &c.
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Thesaurus Results for District:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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