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county seat

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county seat
n.
A town or city that is the administrative center of its county.
county seat
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Chiefly US another term for county town
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Noun1.county seatcounty seat - the town or city that is the seat of government for a county
county courthouse
county - (United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government; "the county has a population of 12,345 people"
seat - a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)


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I cannot say how long my passion for Ossian lasted, but not long, I fancy, for I cannot find any trace of it in the time following our removal from Ashtabula to the county seat at Jefferson.
My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context
When after a few months they were both afraid that she was about to become a mother, they went one evening to the county seat and were married.
Winesberg, Ohio by Anderson, Sherwood View in context
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