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county council

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Noun1.county council - the elected governing body of a county
governance, governing body, organisation, administration, brass, establishment, organization - the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment"
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
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Spanish county council n (BRIT) → diputación f provincial
French county council n (Brit) → conseil régional
German county council (Brit) n → Gemeinderat m (einer Grafschaft)
Italian county council n (BRIT) → consiglio di contea
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He talked of pink and pig-skin breeches, of foxes at Ring's Bottom, where now the County Council pauper lunatics were enclosed, of Lady Bone's chintzes and crinolines.
The War in the Air by Wells, H.G. View in context
This act for extending county council control is practically his bill; so you may say he's in the government even before he's in the House.
The Man Who Knew Too Much by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
Startled by this discovery and seeing herself pacing a circle all the days of her life round Picadilly Circus she was greatly relieved to pass a building put up by the London County Council for Night Schools.
The Voyage Out by Woolf, Virginia View in context
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