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shire town

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shire town
n. Chiefly British
See county town.
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Noun1.shire town - the town or city that is the seat of government for a shire
county 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


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This is one of its peculiar institutions; for it is a shire town.
Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context
This is one of its peculiar institutions; for it is a shire town.
Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context
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