nation
noun
- community of people who share a common language, culture, ethnicity, descent, or history
- student organisation
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈneɪʃən/
adj
Etymology: Short for damnation or tarnation.
- An intensifier; extreme, great.
“... a nation deal o' trouble to captivate him.”
“... a nation lot of hunters assembled, for it war known there war plenty of game ...”
adv
Etymology: Short for damnation or tarnation.
- Extremely, very.
““Looky here, Bilgewater,” he says, “I’m nation sorry for you, but you ain’t the only person that’s had troubles like that.””
“"Beleddy, Mester, yo're a dab hand at axing questions, at ony rate! One has to look back a 'nation long way into one's books to find what yo I axen after.”
name
- A surname.
noun
Etymology: Short for damnation or tarnation.
- Damnation.
“... what the nation's the matter of that boy now ? If he's got them highsterics ag'in , I'll blister him from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet , sure as he's a - livin ' . " The doctor took up his hat and started out to meet[…]”
“O nation!.. if I were a man, […]”