Usually means: District for police or voting.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. precinct: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. precinct: Merriam-Webster
  3. precinct: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. precinct: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. precinct: Collins English Dictionary
  6. precinct: Vocabulary.com
  7. Precinct, precinct: Wordnik
  8. precinct: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. precinct: Wiktionary
  10. precinct: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. precinct: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. precinct: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Precinct, precinct: Dictionary.com
  14. precinct: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. precinct: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. The Precinct: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Precinct: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. precinct: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. precinct: Rhymezone
  20. precinct: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. precinct: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. precinct: FreeDictionary.org
  23. precinct: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. precinct: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. Precinct: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  2. precinct: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. precinct: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Precinct: Election Glossary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Precinct: Dictionary of Military Architecture

(Note: See precincts as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (chiefly in the plural) An enclosed space having defined limits, normally marked by walls.
noun:  (chiefly in the plural) The general area surrounding a place, environs.
noun:  (UK) A pedestrianized and uncovered shopping area.
noun:  (US, law enforcement) A subdivision of a city under the jurisdiction of a specific group of police; the police station situated in that district.
noun:  (US) A subdivision of a city or other locality for the purposes of voting and representation in local government. In cities, precincts may be grouped into wards.
noun:  (archaic) A district over which someone or some body of people has control in general; province, sphere of control.
noun:  (archaic) A surrounding boundary or limit.

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