- (n.) A great number; a great deal; -- by way of emphasis; as, a nation of herbs.
- (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.) One of the divisions of university students in a classification according to nativity, formerly common in Europe.
- (n.) The body of inhabitants of a country, united under an independent government of their own.
- (n.) One of the four divisions (named from the parts of Scotland) in which students were classified according to their nativity.
- (n.) Family; lineage.
- (n.) Family; lineage.
- (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.) One of the divisions of university students in a classification according to nativity, formerly common in Europe.
- (n.) A great number; a great deal; -- by way of emphasis; as, a nation of herbs.
- (n.) One of the four divisions (named from the parts of Scotland) in which students were classified according to their nativity.
- (n.) The body of inhabitants of a country, united under an independent government of their own.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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