• Countyhood

    Origin

    county + -hood

    Full definition of countyhood

    Noun

    countyhood

    (uncountable)
    1. The state of being a county.
      • 1911 December 8, "Countyhood for the Bronx", The New York TimesThe proposers of countyhood for the Bronx are either unintelligent or insincere when they say that the autonomy of that borough would separate it from Tammany Hall.
      • 1996, Yolanda Reed and Rick Gregory, Robertson Co, TN, page 25In the years following countyhood, the court levied taxes, set salaries for county officials, provided for public safety and regulated morals.
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