COUNTY

I. noun (plural counties) see: count Date: 14th century the domain of a count, 2. one of the territorial divisions of England and Wales and formerly also of Scotland and Northern Ireland constituting the chief units for administrative, judicial, and political purposes, b. the people of a ~, the gentry of a ~, the largest territorial division for local government within a state of the United States, the largest local administrative unit in various countries, ~ adjective II. noun (plural counties) Etymology: modification of Middle French comte Date: 1550 count III