Definition of District

1. Noun. A region marked off for administrative or other purposes.


2. Verb. Regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns.
Exact synonyms: Zone
Generic synonyms: Govern, Order, Regularise, Regularize, Regulate
Derivative terms: Zone

Definition of District

1. a. Rigorous; stringent; harsh.

2. n. The territory within which the lord has the power of coercing and punishing.

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

Definition of District

1. to divide into localities [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of District

1. 1. The territory within which the lord has the power of coercing and punishing. 2. 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. "To exercise exclusive legislation . . . Over such district not exceeding ten miles square." (The Constitution of the United States) 3. Any portion of territory of undefined extent; a region; a country; a tract. "These districts which between the tropics lie." (Blackstone) Congressional district. See Congressional. District attorney, the prosecuting officer of a district or district court. District court, a subordinate municipal, state, or United States tribunal, having jurisdiction in certain cases within a judicial district. District judge, one who presides over a district court. District school, a public school for the children within a school district. Synonym: Division, circuit, quarter, province, tract, region, country. Origin: LL. Districtus district, fr. L. Districtus, p. P. Of distringere: cf. F. District. See Distrain. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of District

distributive
distributive
distributively
distributive analysis
distributive shock
distributive shock
distributivity
distributor
distributors
distributor cam
distributor cap
distributor housing
distributor point
districhiasis
district (current term)
district (current term)
districted
districting
districts
district attorney
district heating or cooling
district line
district manager
district of columbia
District of Columbia
distrix
distrust
distrusted
distrustful
distrustfully

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