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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Home \Home\, a.
     1. Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic;
        not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Games) In various games, the ultimate point aimed at in a
        progress; goal; as:
        (a) (Baseball) The plate at which the batter stands; same
            as home base and home plate.
        (b) (Lacrosse) The place of a player in front of an
            opponent's goal; also, the player.
            [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     Home base or Home plate (Baseball), the base at which the
        batter stands when batting, and which is the last base to
        be reached in scoring a run.
  
     Home farm, grounds, etc., the farm, grounds, etc.,
        adjacent to the residence of the owner.
  
     Home lot, an inclosed plot on which the owner's home
        stands. [U. S.]
  
     Home rule, rule or government of an appendent or dependent
        country, as to all local and internal legislation, by
        means of a governing power vested in the people within the
        country itself, in contradistinction to a government
        established by the dominant country; as, home rule in
        Ireland. Also used adjectively; as, home-rule members of
        Parliament.
  
     Home ruler, one who favors or advocates home rule.
  
     Home stretch (Sport.), that part of a race course between
        the last curve and the winning post.
  
     Home thrust, a well directed or effective thrust; one that
        wounds in a vital part; hence, in controversy, a personal
        attack.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Home \Home\, a.
     1. Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic;
        not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.
  
     2. Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust.
  
     Home base (Baseball), the base at which the batsman stands
        and which is the last goal in making a run.
  
     Home farm, grounds, etc., the farm, grounds, etc.,
        adjacent to the residence of the owner.
  
     Home lot, an inclosed plot on which the owner's home
        stands. [U. S.]
  
     Home rule, rule or government of an appendent or dependent
        country, as to all local and internal legislation, by
        means of a governing power vested in the people within the
        country itself, in contradistinction to a government
        established by the dominant country; as, home rule in
        Ireland. Also used adjectively; as, home-rule members of
        Parliament.
  
     Home ruler, one who favors or advocates home rule.
  
     Home run (Baseball), a complete circuit of the bases made
        before the batted ball is returned to the home base.
  
     Home stretch (Sport.), that part of a race course between
        the last curve and the winning post.
  
     Home thrust, a well directed or effective thrust; one that
        wounds in a vital part; hence, in controversy, a personal
        attack.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  home rule
       n : self-government in local matters by a city or county that is
           part of a national government

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  home rule
     alt.
     1 The rule or government of an appendant or dependent country, as to
  some or all local and internal legislation, by means of a governing
  power vested in the people within the country itself, in
  contradistinction to a government established by the dominant country.
     2 # (lb en historical especially) self-government of the island of
  Ireland.
     3 (ellipsis of en home rule class)
     n.
     1 The rule or government of an appendant or dependent country, as to
  some or all local and internal legislation, by means of a governing
  power vested in the people within the country itself, in
  contradistinction to a government established by the dominant country.
     2 # (lb en historical especially) self-government of the island of
  Ireland.
     3 (ellipsis of en home rule class)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Home Rule
     n.
     (alt form en home rule)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  home rule
     alt.
     1 The rule or government of an appendant or dependent country, as to
  some or all local and internal legislation, by means of a governing
  power vested in the people within the country itself, in
  contradistinction to a government established by the dominant country.
     2 # (lb en historical especially) self-government of the island of
  Ireland.
     3 (ellipsis of en home rule class)
     n.
     1 The rule or government of an appendant or dependent country, as to
  some or all local and internal legislation, by means of a governing
  power vested in the people within the country itself, in
  contradistinction to a government established by the dominant country.
     2 # (lb en historical especially) self-government of the island of
  Ireland.
     3 (ellipsis of en home rule class)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Home Rule
     n.
     (alt form en home rule)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  home rule
     alt.
     1 The rule or government of an appendant or dependent country, as to
  some or all local and internal legislation, by means of a governing
  power vested in the people within the country itself, in
  contradistinction to a government established by the dominant country.
     2 # (lb en historical especially) self-government of the island of
  Ireland.
     3 (ellipsis of en home rule class)
     n.
     1 The rule or government of an appendant or dependent country, as to
  some or all local and internal legislation, by means of a governing
  power vested in the people within the country itself, in
  contradistinction to a government established by the dominant country.
     2 # (lb en historical especially) self-government of the island of
  Ireland.
     3 (ellipsis of en home rule class)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Home Rule
     n.
     (alt form en home rule)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  home rule
     alt.
     1 The rule or government of an appendant or dependent country, as to
  some or all local and internal legislation, by means of a governing
  power vested in the people within the country itself, in
  contradistinction to a government established by the dominant country.
     2 # (lb en historical especially) self-government of the island of
  Ireland.
     3 (ellipsis of en home rule class)
     n.
     1 The rule or government of an appendant or dependent country, as to
  some or all local and internal legislation, by means of a governing
  power vested in the people within the country itself, in
  contradistinction to a government established by the dominant country.
     2 # (lb en historical especially) self-government of the island of
  Ireland.
     3 (ellipsis of en home rule class)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Home Rule
     n.
     (alt form en home rule)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  home rule
     Englanti n.
     itsehallinto

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  home rule /hˈəʊm ɹˈuːl/
  autonomie

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  home rule /hˈəʊm ɹˈuːl/
  Selbstverwaltung  [städtische]

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  home rule /hˈəʊm ɹˈuːl/ 
  1. सुराज्य
        "हमारे देश में 'home rule'(सुराज्य)शासन चल रहा है."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  home rule /hˈəʊm ɹˈuːl/
  samouprava

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  home rule /hˈəʊm ɹˈuːl/
  1. önkormányzat
  2. autonómia

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  67 Moby Thesaurus words for "home rule":
     Declaration of Independence, absolute monarchy, aristocracy,
     autarchy, autarky, autocracy, autonomy, coalition government,
     colonialism, commonwealth, constitutional government,
     constitutional monarchy, democracy, dictatorship, dominion rule,
     duarchy, duumvirate, dyarchy, federal government, federation,
     feudal system, garrison state, gerontocracy, heteronomy, hierarchy,
     hierocracy, independence, individualism, inner-direction,
     limited monarchy, martial law, meritocracy, militarism,
     military government, mob rule, mobocracy, monarchy, neocolonialism,
     ochlocracy, oligarchy, pantisocracy, patriarchate, patriarchy,
     police state, pure democracy, regency, representative democracy,
     representative government, republic, rugged individualism,
     self-containment, self-determination, self-direction,
     self-government, self-reliance, self-sufficiency, social democracy,
     stratocracy, technocracy, thearchy, theocracy,
     totalitarian government, totalitarian regime, triarchy,
     triumvirate, tyranny, welfare state
  
  

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