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Webster 1913 Edition
District
Dis′trict
,Adj.
[L.
districtus
, p. p.] Rigorous; stringent; harsh.
[Obs.]
Punishing with the rod of
district
severity. Foxe.
Dis′trict
,Noun.
1.
(Feudal Law)
The territory within which the lord has the power of coercing and punishing.
2.
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.To exercise exclusive legislation . . . over such
district
not exceeding ten miles square. The Constitution of the United States.
3.
Any portion of territory of undefined extent; a region; a country; a tract.
These
districts
which between the tropics lie. Blackstone.
Syn. – Division; circuit; quarter; province; tract; region; country.
Dis′trict
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Districted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Districting
.] To divide into districts or limited portions of territory;
as, legislatures
. district
States for the choice of representativesWebster 1828 Edition
District
DISTRICT
,Noun.
1.
Properly, a limited extent of country; a circuit within which power, right or authority may be exercised, and to which it is restrained; a word applicable to any portion of land or country, or to any part of a city or town, which is defined by law or agreement. A governor, a prefect, or a judge may have his district. Some of the states are divided into districts for the choice of senators, representatives or electors. Cities and towns are divided into districts for various purposes, as for school, &c. The United States are divided into districts for the collection of the revenue.2.
A region; a territory within given lines; as the district of the earth which lies between the tropics, or that which is north of a polar circle.3.
A region; a country; a portion of territory without very definite limits; as the districts of Russia covered by forest.DISTRICT
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
District
District
See also: district
English
Proper noun
District
- (with determiner, informal) The District of Columbia, the federal district of the United States.
- (with determiner, mostly local usage) Any of numerous governmental districts.
- The District Line of the London Underground, originally known as the District Railway.
district
district
See also: District
English
Noun
district (plural districts)
- An administrative division of an area.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess:
- ‘I understand that the district was considered a sort of sanctuary,’ the Chief was saying. ‘An Alsatia like the ancient one behind the Strand, or the Saffron Hill before the First World War. […]’
- the Soho district of London
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- An area or region marked by some distinguishing feature.
- the Lake District in Cumbria
- (Britain) An administrative division of a county without the status of a borough.
- South Oxfordshire District Council
Derived terms
Terms derived from district
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Related terms
Translations
administrative division
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area or region
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Verb
district (third-person singular simple present districts, present participle districting, simple past and past participle districted)
- (transitive) To divide into administrative or other districts.
Derived terms
Translations
to divide into districts
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Adjective
district (comparative more district, superlative most district)
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: dis‧trict
Etymology
Borrowing from French district, from Medieval Latin districtus (“a district within which the lord may distrain, also jurisdiction”), from Latin districtus, past participle of distringō, distringere (“draw asunder, compel, distrain”), from dis- (“apart”) + stringō, stringere (“draw tight, strain”).
Noun
district n (plural districten, diminutive districtje n)
Norman
Etymology
Borrowing from French district, from Medieval Latin districtus (“a district within which the lord may distrain, also jurisdiction”), from Latin districtus, past participle of distringō, distringere (“draw asunder, compel, distrain”), from dis- (“apart”) + stringō, stringere (“draw tight, strain”).
Noun
district m (plural districts)