a tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region of one's birth, permanent residence, or citizenship.-rural regions, as opposed to a city or town.-the inhabitants or people of a state or a region; the populace; the public. hence: (a) one's constituents. (b) the whole body of the electors of state; as, to dissolve parliament and appeal to the country.-a jury, as representing the citizens of a country.-the inhabitants of the district from which a jury is drawn.-the rock through which a vein runs.-pertaining to the regions remote from a city; rural; rustic; as, a country life; a country town; the country party, as opposed to city.-destitute of refinement; rude; unpolished; rustic; not urbane; as, country manners.-pertaining, or peculiar, to one's own country.