county seat

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noun

the seat of government of a county.

Nearby words

county court, county fair, county farm, county home, county palatine, county seat, county town, coup, coup d'essai, coup d'etat, coup d'oeil

Origin of county seat

An Americanism dating back to 1795–1805

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Examples from the Web for county seat

Wrayton was the county-seat, a good-sized town five miles from Mayberry.
Kent Knowles: Quahaug|Joseph C. Lincoln
We found the land where Fairbury is now located was not entered, so we entered it with the intention of making it the county-seat.
Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences|Nebraska Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
It is in the greatest wheat-growing county in Ohio (Stark), but is not the county-seat, which is at Canton.
The Indian in his Wigwam|Henry R. Schoolcraft
A physician from the county-seat village went by, in company with Dr. Dibrell.
The End Of The World|Edward Eggleston

After the organization of the county, the place was voted the county-seat, and a courthouse was built.
Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences|Nebraska Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution

British Dictionary definitions for county seat

county seat

noun

mainly US another term for county town

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county seat

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county seat

noun