(1)家世；血统

(2)〈美〉出生国；祖籍国
在美国《民权法》〔Civil Rights Act〕平等就业机会条款中，该词字面上指出生国，广义上也指祖籍国，但它并不包括美国公民的要求。该词在包括《民权法》在内的多部反歧视法中被使用。

• counterfeit money
• counter-injunction
• counter-letter
• countermand
• countermanding payment
• countermotion
• counteroffer
• counterofferor
• counterpart
• counterpart writ
• counterplea
• counterplead
• countersecurity
• countersignature
• countervail
• countervailing equity
• estate
• estate ad remanentiam
• estate agent
• estate at sufferance
• estate at will
• estate by elegit
• estate by entirety
• estate by new acquisition
• estate by purchase