Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Nation (-s)
nation (-s), n. [Fr. < L. 'breed, stock, race'.]
- Principalities; empires; countries of the world; people throughout the history of the earth.
- Government; state; commonwealth.
- Generation; population; body of people.
- Community; collection; multitude; [fig.] congregation; [metaphor] group of insects.
- Domain; dominion; kingdom; [fig.] empowerment.
- Species; group of creatures.
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