(n.) A part, or division, of the people of the earth,
distinguished from the rest by common descent, language, or
institutions; a race; a stock.
(n.) The body of inhabitants of a country, united under an
independent government of their own.
(n.) Family; lineage.
(n.) One of the divisions of university students in a
classification according to nativity, formerly common in Europe.
(n.) One of the four divisions (named from the parts of
Scotland) in which students were classified according to their
nativity.
(n.) A great number; a great deal; -- by way of emphasis; as, a
nation of herbs.
