- (a.) Rigorous; stringent; harsh.
- (v.t.) To divide into districts or limited portions of territory; as, legislatures district States for the choice of representatives.
- (n.) The territory within which the lord has the power of coercing and punishing.
- (n.) A division of territory; a defined portion of a state, town or city, etc., made for administrative, electoral or other purposes; as, a congressional district, judicial district, land district, school district, etc.
- (n.) Any portion of territory of undefined extent; a region; a country; a tract.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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| MLA | Webster's. "district" 27 May 2011. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/district/definitions/1999441> |