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countyhood

countyhood noun: the state of being a county.

Noun

countyhood (uncountable)

  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.1911 December 8, “Countyhood for the Bronx”, in The New York Times
    • In the years following countyhood, the court levied taxes, set salaries for county officials, provided for public safety and regulated morals.1996, Yolanda Reed, Rick Gregory, Robertson Co, TN, page 25

Origin of countyhood

From county + -hood.

Questions about countyhood

What does countyhood mean?
Countyhood means the state of being a county.
What part of speech is countyhood?
Countyhood is a noun.

Words near countyhood in the dictionary

  1. county-level city
  2. county-level municipalities
  3. county-level municipality
  4. Countyan
  5. Countyans
  6. countyhood
  7. countyism
  8. countylike
  9. countywide
  10. coup
  11. Coup Belt

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