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Somerset
[suhm-er-set, -sit]
Somerset
1/ -ˌsɛt, ˈsʌməsɪt /
noun
a county of SW England, on the Bristol Channel: the Mendip Hills lie in the north and Exmoor in the west: the geographical and ceremonial county includes the unitary authorities of North Somerset and Bath and North East Somerset (both part of Avon county from 1975 until 1996): mainly agricultural (esp dairying and fruit). Administrative centre: Taunton. Pop (excluding unitary authorities): 507 500 (2003 est). Area (excluding unitary authorities): 3452 sq km (1332 sq miles)
Somerset
2/ ˈʌəɛ /
noun
1st Duke of, title of Edward Seymour . ?1500–52, English statesman, protector of England (1547–49) during Edward VI's minority. He defeated the Scots (1547) and furthered the Protestant Reformation: executed
Example Sentences
The trio followed punk duo Bob Vylan on the West Holts stage, and both acts are being investigated by Avon and Somerset Police for comments made on stage.
Pressure could one day come from recent England call-up James Rew, who has 10 first-class hundreds for Somerset and is still aged 21, or his younger, possibly even more talented, brother, Thomas.
Avon and Somerset Police have launched a criminal investigation into their Glastonbury comments.
For almost six decades, Headley evaded justice for the crime before cold case detectives at Avon and Somerset Police sent items for forensic analysis last year - resulting in a DNA match.
A spokesperson for Avon and Somerset Police said officers were called to the Bristol site at around 06:30 BST and had responded to a protest involving two people.
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