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countyhood

noun

Etymology

From county + -hood.

  1. derived from comitātus
  2. derived from conté
  3. derived from counté
  4. inherited from countee
  5. suffixed as countyhood — “county + hood”

Definitions

  1. The state of being a county.

    • The proposers of countyhood for the Bronx are either unintelligent or insincere when they say that the autonomy of that borough would separate it from Tammany Hall.
    • In the years following countyhood, the court levied taxes, set salaries for county officials, provided for public safety and regulated morals.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA