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COUNTY COUNCIL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The elected governing body of a county
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("county council" is a kind of...):
administration; brass; establishment; governance; governing body; organisation; organization (the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)