Usually means: Sovereign entity with defined borders.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word nation state:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. nation state: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. nation-state: Merriam-Webster
  3. nation-state: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. nation-state: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. nation-state, nation-state, nation state: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Nation-State, nation-state: Wordnik
  7. nation state: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. nation-state, nation state: Wiktionary
  9. nation-state: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. nation-state: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. nation-state: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. nation-state, nation state: Dictionary.com
  13. Nation State, Nation-state, Nation state: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. nation-state: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Nelson Political Science Glossary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Political (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nation state: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Nation state)

noun:  Alternative spelling of nation-state [(politics) A political entity (a state) associated with a particular cultural entity (a nation) and a sovereign territorial unit.]

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