Definition of district

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District (v. t.) To divide into districts or limited portions of territory; as, legislatures district States for the choice of representatives..

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#NAME? :: -ric () A suffix signifying dominion, jurisdiction; as, bishopric, the district over which a bishop exercises authority..
Constabulary :: Constabulary (n.) The collective body of constables in any town, district, or country..
Perambulation :: Perambulation (n.) A district within which one is authorized to make a tour of inspection.
Water-white :: Water-white (n.) A vinelike plant (Vitis Caribaea) growing in parched districts in the West Indies, and containing a great amount of sap which is sometimes used for quenching thirst..
Thirlage :: Thirlage (n.) The right which the owner of a mill possesses, by contract or law, to compel the tenants of a certain district, or of his sucken, to bring all their grain to his mill for grinding..
Chorometry :: Chorometry (n.) The art of surveying a region or district.
Chorography :: Chorography (n.) the mapping or description of a region or district.
Circar :: Circar (n.) A district, or part of a province. See Sircar..
Canton :: Canton (v. i.) To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division..
Purlieu :: Purlieu (n.) Hence, the outer portion of any place; an adjacent district; environs; neighborhood..
Pontine :: Pontine (a.) Of or pertaining to an extensive marshy district between Rome and Naples.
Bar :: Bar (n.) The whole body of lawyers licensed in a court or district; the legal profession.
Gerrymander :: Gerrymander (v. t.) To divide (a State) into districts for the choice of representatives, in an unnatural and unfair way, with a view to give a political party an advantage over its opponent..
Captainry :: Captainry (n.) Power, or command, over a certain district; chieftainship..
Lungoor :: Lungoor (n.) A long-tailed monkey (Semnopithecus schislaceus), from the mountainous districts of India..
Constablery :: Constablery (n.) The district or jurisdiction of a constable.
Ballot :: Ballot (n.) The whole number of votes cast at an election, or in a given territory or electoral district..
Paramo :: Paramo (n.) A high, bleak plateau or district, with stunted trees, and cold, damp atmosphere, as in the Andes, in South America..
Tetrarchy :: Tetrarchy (n.) The district under a Roman tetrarch; the office or jurisdiction of a tetrarch; a tetrarchate.
Malacca :: Malacca (n.) A town and district upon the seacoast of the Malay Peninsula.
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