| Nation (nation) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Na"tion |
| [F. nation, L.
natio nation, race, orig., a being born, fr. natus, p.
p. of nasci, to be born, for gnatus, gnasci,
from the same root as E. kin. ***radic]44. See Kin
kindred, and cf. Cogna |
A part, or division, of the
people of the earth, distinguished from the rest by common descent,
language, or institutions; a race; a stock.
The body of inhabitants of a country,
united under an independent government of their own.
Family; lineage.
One of the divisions
of university students in a classification according to nativity,
formerly common in Europe.
A great number; a great deal; -- by way of
emphasis; as, a nation of herbs.
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