county
/ˈkaʊn(t)i/ adjective C2- Characteristic of a ‘county family’; representative of the gentry or aristocracy of a county.
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The village of Birlstone is a small and very ancient cluster of half-timbered cottages on the northern border of the county of Sussex.
His wife, too, was popular with those who had made her acquaintance; though, after the English fashion, the callers upon a stranger who settled in the county without introductions were few and far between.
He had hurried back to the house, followed within a few minutes by the police sergeant, who arrived at the scene of the crime a little after twelve o’clock, after taking prompt steps to warn the county authorities that something serious was afoot.
He was cheery and genial to all, but somewhat offhand in his manners, giving the impression that he had seen life in social strata on some far lower horizon than the county society of Sussex.
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