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Definition of county town noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

county town

noun

/ˌkaʊnti ˈtaʊn/

/ˌkaʊnti ˈtaʊn/

(British English)

(North American English county seat)

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the main town of a county, where its government is
- Trowbridge is the county town of Wiltshire.
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