NATION
noun
Synonyms
people; race. See People.
Definitions
- 1. 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. One of the divisions of university students in a classification according to nativity, formerly common in Europe.
- 5. A great number; a great deal; -- by way of emphasis; as, a nation of herbs. Sterne. Five nations. See under Five. -- Law of nations. See International law, under International, and Law.
Added: October 09, 2025
Updated: October 09, 2025