county seat
county seat · county seats
Grafschaftshauptort
The city in which the offices of county government are locatedThe city in which the offices of county government are located.
Meaning
1 sensesThe city in which the offices of county government are located.
Lawrence is the county seat of Douglas County.
the town or city that is the seat of government for a county
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
Compound of county + seat.Compound of county + seat.
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Forms
plural: county seats| Singular | county seat |
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regular
Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- the town or city that is the seat of government for a county:county courthouse
Word family
2 related wordsSee also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.