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Webster 1913 Edition
Nation
Na′tion
,Noun.
1.
(Ethnol.)
A part, or division, of the people of the earth, distinguished from the rest by common descent, language, or institutions; a race; a stock.
All
nations
, and kindreds, and people, and tongues. Rev. vii. 9.
2.
The body of inhabitants of a country, united under an independent government of their own.
A
nation
is the unity of a people. Coleridge.
Praise the power that hath made and preserved us a
nation
. F. S. Key.
3.
Family; lineage.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
4.
(a)
One of the divisions of university students in a classification according to nativity, formerly common in Europe.
(b)
(Scotch Universities)
One of the four divisions (named from the parts of Scotland) in which students were classified according to their nativity.
Webster 1828 Edition
Nation
NATION
,Noun.
1.
A body of people inhabiting the same country, or united under the same sovereign or government; as the English nation; the French nation. It often happens that many nations are subject to one government; in which case, the word nation usually denotes a body of people speaking the same language, or a body that has formerly been under a distinct government, but has been conquered, or incorporated with a larger nation. Thus the empire of Russia comprehends many nations, as did formerly the Roman and Persian empires. Nation, as its etymology imports, originally denoted a family or race of men descended from a common progenitor, like tribe, but by emigration, conquest and intermixture of men of different families, this distinction is in most countries lost.2.
A great number, by way of emphasis.Definition 2024
nâtion
nâtion
Norman
Noun
nâtion f (plural nâtions)
Derived terms
- Les Nâtions Unnies (“the United Nations”)
Related terms
- nâtionalité (“nationality”)