Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A town or city that is the administrative center of its county.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The seat of government of a county; the town in which the county and other courts are held, and where the county officers perform their functions.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
city in which the offices of countygovernment are located.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the town or city that is the seat of government for a county
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Forest: ash, elm, white and red oak, chestnut, poplar, &c. LINCOLN is the county seat, 170 miles south west, from Raleigh.
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