countyhood

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English

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Etymology

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From county +‎ -hood.

Noun

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countyhood (uncountable)

  1. The state of being a county.
    • 1911 December 8, “Countyhood for the Bronx”, in The New York Times:
      The proposers of countyhood for the Bronx are either unintelligent or insincere when they say that the autonomy of that borough would separate it from Tammany Hall.
    • 1996, Yolanda Reed, Rick Gregory, Robertson Co, TN, page 25:
      In the years following countyhood, the court levied taxes, set salaries for county officials, provided for public safety and regulated morals.

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