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Meaning of 'district' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . District [ a.]
- Rigorous; stringent; harsh.
2 . District [ n.]
- The territory within which the lord has the power of coercing and punishing.
- 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.
- Any portion of territory of undefined extent; a region; a country; a tract.
3 . District [ v. t.]
- To divide into districts or limited portions of territory; as, legislatures district States for the choice of representatives.

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