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county town

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county town
n. Chiefly British
A county seat. Also called shire town.
county town
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the town in which a county's affairs are or were administered
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.county town - the town or city that is the seat of government for a shire
shire town
shire - a former administrative district of England; equivalent to a county
seat - a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)
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
Translations
county town n (Brit) → capoluogo (di contea)
county town n (Brit) → capoluogo (di contea)


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He had returned, during their absence, from a journey to the county town, about a petition for the pardon of some criminal.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
The measured tramp of soldiery which I sometimes heard--for my father's house lay near a county town where there were large barracks--made me sob and tremble; and yet when they were gone past, I longed for them to come back again.
The Lifted Veil by Eliot, George View in context
A county town draws the inhabitants of all vicarages, farms, country houses, and wayside cottages, within a radius of ten miles at least, once or twice a week to its streets; and among them, on this occasion, were Ralph Denham and Mary Datchet.
Night and Day by Woolf, Virginia View in context
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