Definition of district

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District (n.) Any portion of territory of undefined extent; a region; a country; a tract.

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Marshal :: Marshal (n.) A ministerial officer, appointed for each judicial district of the United States, to execute the process of the courts of the United States, and perform various duties, similar to those of a sheriff. The name is also sometimes applied to certain police officers of a city..
Hunt :: Hunt (n.) A district of country hunted over.
Selters Water :: Selters water () A mineral water from Sellers, in the district of Nassan, Germany, containing much free carbonic acid..
Tequila :: Tequila (n.) An intoxicating liquor made from the maguey in the district of Tequila, Mexico..
Caimacam :: Caimacam (n.) The governor of a sanjak or district in Turkey.
Draft :: Draft (v. t.) To draw from a military band or post, or from any district, company, or society; to detach; to select..
Celtiberian :: Celtiberian (a.) Of or pertaining to the ancient Celtiberia (a district in Spain lying between the Ebro and the Tagus) or its inhabitants the Celtiberi (Celts of the river Iberus).
Redistrict :: Redistrict (v. t.) To divide into new districts.
Zaimet :: Zaimet (n.) A district from which a Zaim draws his revenue.
Requisition :: Requisition (v. t.) To make a reqisition on or for; as, to requisition a district for forage; to requisition troops..
Drainage :: Drainage (n.) Area or district drained; as, the drainage of the Po, the Thames, etc..
Division :: Division (n.) One of the larger districts into which a country is divided for administering military affairs.
Macassar Oil :: Macassar oil () A kind of oil formerly used in dressing the hair; -- so called because originally obtained from Macassar, a district of the Island of Celebes. Also, an imitation of the same, of perfumed castor oil and olive oil..
Shire :: Shire (n.) A portion of Great Britain originally under the supervision of an earl; a territorial division, usually identical with a county, but sometimes limited to a smaller district; as, Wiltshire, Yorkshire, Richmondshire, Hallamshire..
Argolic :: Argolic (a.) Pertaining to Argolis, a district in the Peloponnesus..
Bantam :: Bantam (n.) A variety of small barnyard fowl, with feathered legs, probably brought from Bantam, a district of Java..
Circuit :: Circuit (n.) A district in which an itinerant preacher labors.
Bishopric :: Bishopric (n.) A diocese; the district over which the jurisdiction of a bishop extends.
Purlieu :: Purlieu (n.) Hence, the outer portion of any place; an adjacent district; environs; neighborhood..
Represent :: Represent (v. t.) To stand in the place of; to supply the place, perform the duties, exercise the rights, or receive the share, of; to speak and act with authority in behalf of; to act the part of (another); as, an heir represents his ancestor; an attorney represents his client in court; a member of Congress represents his district in Congress..
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