adj rigorous; stringent; harsh.
2. district ·noun any portion of territory of undefined extent; a region; a country; a tract.
3. district ·noun the territory within which the lord has the power of coercing and punishing.
4. district ·vt to divide into districts or limited portions of territory; as, legislatures district states for the choice of representatives.
5. district ·noun a division of territory; a defined portion of a state, town, or city, ·etc., made for administrative, electoral, or other purposes; as, a congressional district, judicial district, land district, school district, ·etc.