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Kent

[kent]

noun

  1. James, 1763–1847, U.S. jurist.

  2. Rockwell 1882–1971, U.S. illustrator and painter.

  3. William, 1685–1748, English painter, architect, and landscape gardener.

  4. a county in SE England. 1,442 sq. mi. (3,735 sq. km).

  5. an ancient English kingdom in SE Great Britain.

  6. a city in NE Ohio.

  7. a town in central Washington.

  8. a male given name: from the Old English name of a county in England.



Kent

1

/ ɛԳ /

noun

  1. a county of SE England, on the English Channel: the first part of Great Britain to be colonized by the Romans; one of the seven kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England until absorbed by Wessex in the 9th century ad . Apart from the Downs it is mostly low-lying and agricultural, specializing in fruit and hops. The Medway towns of Rochester and Gillingham became an independent unitary authority in 1998. Administrative centre: Maidstone. Pop (excluding Medway): 1 348 800 (2003 est). Area (excluding Medway): 3526 sq km (1361 sq miles)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Kent

2

/ ɛԳ /

noun

  1. William. ?1685–1748, English architect, landscape gardener, and interior designer

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

kent

3

/ ɛԳ /

verb

  1. a past tense and past participle of ken

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Cook is currently walking from Dover in Kent to Pilton in Somerset to raise money for environmental and humanitarian causes.

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"They haven't got a local prospectus and that was part of the problem," said Adam Kent, Tory group leader on Worcestershire County Council.

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Asked what people in Kent would make of the resignations, just four days into the project, he said he was sure they were "disappointed".

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Meanwhile, for a better idea of what Unsuk Chin is up to, last month in Hamburg Kent Nagano conducted the premiere of her new opera, “The Dark Side of the Moon.”

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Jenny Preston, who used to be a dog handler with Kent Police, has adopted nine former service animals.

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