county

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"Every employee in a county is an ambassador for that county," Wiggins told a crowd of 400 or so in the Ballroom of the Menger Hotel in San Antonio.

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  1. noun The largest administrative division of most states in the United States.
  2. noun A territorial division exercising administrative, judicial, and political functions in Great Britain and Ireland.
  3. noun The territory under the jurisdiction of a count or earl.
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  1. Middle English counte, territorial division, from Old French conte, the territory of a count, from Medieval Latin comitātus, from Late Latin, the office of count, from Latin, retinue, from comes, comit-, companion; see ei- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English countie, from Middle English countee, counte, from Old French counte, contee, French comté = Provencal comtat, contat = Spanish Portuguese condado = Italian contado, from Middle Latin comitatus, the office or jurisdiction of a count or earl, L. an escort, company, train, retinue (see comitatus), from comes (comit-), a companion, Middle Latin a count: see count.
  2. An extension of count.
 

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