What does shire town mean?

shire town means "the town or city that is the seat of government for a shire".

What is another word for shire town?

Close synonyms include county town. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shire town a common word?

shire town is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Shire town — meaning and 1 synonym

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
the town or city that is the seat of government for a shire
Synonymscounty town
Broaderseat
Part ofshire
United Kingdom

Questions about shire town

What does shire town mean?: shire town means "the town or city that is the seat of government for a shire".
What is another word for shire town?: Close synonyms include county town. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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