(adv.) A tract of land; a region; the territory of an
independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a
personal pronoun) the region of one's birth, permanent residence, or
citizenship.
(adv.) Rural regions, as opposed to a city or town.
(adv.) The inhabitants or people of a state or a region; the
populace; the public. Hence: (a) One's constituents. (b) The whole body
of the electors of state; as, to dissolve Parliament and appeal to the
country.
(adv.) A jury, as representing the citizens of a country.
(adv.) The inhabitants of the district from which a jury is
drawn.
(adv.) The rock through which a vein runs.
(a.) Pertaining to the regions remote from a city; rural;
rustic; as, a country life; a country town; the country party, as
opposed to city.
(a.) Destitute of refinement; rude; unpolished; rustic; not
urbane; as, country manners.
(a.) Pertaining, or peculiar, to one's own country.
