local government

2 ENTRIES FOUND:

local government

noun

Definition of LOCAL GOVERNMENT

: the government of a specific local area constituting a subdivision of a major political unit (as a nation or state); also : the body of persons constituting such a government

First Known Use of LOCAL GOVERNMENT

1817

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