Township
['taʊnʃɪp]
Definition
(noun.) an administrative division of a county; 'the town is responsible for snow removal'.
Typist: Sharif--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The district or territory of a town.
(n.) In surveys of the public land of the United States, a division of territory six miles square, containing 36 sections.
(n.) In Canada, one of the subdivisions of a county.
Typist: Sean
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Town territory.
Typed by Enid
Examples
- He made his way through the State of New York in wagons drawn by oxen to the remote and primitive township of Bayfield, in Upper Canada, on Lake Huron. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Again, what community is it that is to own the collective property; is it to be the sovereign or the township or the county or the nation or mankind? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The little township of Bashan was once the kingdom so famous in Scripture for its bulls and its oaks. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- There were, however, twelve townships in the Latin league. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Checker: Lucille