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Country, n.

    1. Region, land, geographical division, political division.
    2. Rural parts (as distinguished from city).
    3. Native land, fatherland, nation, home, abiding habitation.
    4. Nation, people, population, inhabitants.

Country, a.

    1. Rustic, rural.
    2. Rude, rough, unrefined, unpolished, uncultivated, countrified.

Countryman, n.

    1. Compatriot.
    2. Rustic, peasant, swain, farmer, husband-man, clown, hind, boor.

Count upon. See count on.

County, n. Shire.

Coup-d’état, n. [Fr.] Master stroke of policy, stroke of, statesmanship, stroke of sudden and forcible usurpation.

Coup-de-grace, n. [Fr.] Death-blow, decisive blow, finishing stroke, mercy-stroke.

Coup-de-main, n. [Fr.] Sudden attack, unexpected enterprise or assault.

Coup-d’œil, n. [Fr.] Glance, hasty view, slight view, general view or prospect.

Coup-de-soleil, n. [Fr.] Sunstroke, siriasis, insolation, stroke of the sun, ictus solis.

Couple, n.

    1. Brace, pair, two (of the same kind).
    2. Man and wife, married pair.
    3. Link, bond, tie, coupling, leash.