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COUNTY SEAT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does county seat mean?
• COUNTY SEAT (noun)
The noun COUNTY SEAT has 1 sense:
1. the town or city that is the seat of government for a county
Familiarity information: COUNTY SEAT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The town or city that is the seat of government for a county
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
county courthouse; county seat
Hypernyms ("county seat" is a kind of...):
seat (a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised))
Holonyms ("county seat" is a part of...):
county ((United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government)
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