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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Precinct :: Precinct (n.) A district within certain boundaries; a minor territorial or jurisdictional division; as, an election precinct; a school precinct..
Cacolet :: Cacolet (n.) A chair, litter, or other contrivance fitted to the back or pack saddle of a mule for carrying travelers in mountainous districts, or for the transportation of the sick and wounded of an army..
Waterlandian :: Waterlandian (n.) One of a body of Dutch Anabaptists who separated from the Mennonites in the sixteenth century; -- so called from a district in North Holland denominated Waterland.
Walk :: Walk (n.) The route or district regularly served by a vender; as, a milkman's walk..
Canton :: Canton (v. i.) To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division..
Jaghir :: "Jaghir (n.) A village or district the government and revenues of which are assigned to some person, usually in consideration of some service to be rendered, esp. the maintenance of troops..
Guinea :: Guinea (n.) A district on the west coast of Africa (formerly noted for its export of gold and slaves) after which the Guinea fowl, Guinea grass, Guinea peach, etc., are named..
Bey :: Bey (n.) A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions; also, in some places, a prince or nobleman; a beg; as, the bey of Tunis..
Chorometry :: Chorometry (n.) The art of surveying a region or district.
Colony :: Colony (n.) The district or country colonized; a settlement.
District :: District (a.) Rigorous; stringent; harsh.
Territorial :: Territorial (a.) Limited to a certain district; as, right may be personal or territorial..
Tequila :: Tequila (n.) An intoxicating liquor made from the maguey in the district of Tequila, Mexico..
Constituency :: Constituency (n.) A body of constituents, as the body of citizens or voters in a representative district..
Chorographer :: Chorographer (n.) One who describes or makes a map of a district or region.
Circle :: Circle (n.) A territorial division or district.
Bison :: Bison (n.) The American bison buffalo (Bison Americanus), a large, gregarious bovine quadruped with shaggy mane and short black horns, which formerly roamed in herds over most of the temperate portion of North America, but is now restricted to very limited districts in the region of the Rocky Mountains, and is rapidly decreasing in numbers..
Register :: Register (n.) A record containing a list and description of the merchant vessels belonging to a port or customs district.
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..
Purlieu :: Purlieu (n.) Hence, the outer portion of any place; an adjacent district; environs; neighborhood..
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