MEANING
The town or city where a county's principal government offices are located.
Use it for
Regional government; journeys for official business; administrative hierarchyGive a modest town importance through the business residents must conduct there.
Words that belong together
- historic county seat
- county-seat town
- serve as county seat
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They traveled to the county seat to register the marriage.
The county seat had fewer residents than the industrial town but more public offices.
Becoming the county seat secured the town's role after the railway declined.
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- Base
- county seat
Usage notes
Primary category: setting. Especially American usage. Administrative importance does not imply that it is the county's largest settlement. Established compound; no independent seat entry is added. Plural: county seats. No other inflection applies to this noun.
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