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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
- Somerset, 1st Duke of?15001552MEnglishPOLITICS: statesman 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
It is believed the boys, who are aged between 13 and 14, sustained serious burn injuries at Millfield School, near Street in Somerset, on Saturday evening.
Megan is one of those working with Avon and Somerset Police and children's charity Barnardo's Night Light team - providing them with vital intelligence about the children she sees after dark.
The warmer than average start to May is already having a noticeable affect on the timing of this year's harvest, according to Pauline Goodall, a strawberry farmer from Limington in Somerset.
After he was asked to rest from Essex's Championship match against Somerset a couple of weeks ago, it would be surprising if he is not in the squad for the Test against Zimbabwe next month.
Clothes, school uniforms, books, shoes, toys, and kitchenware are among the items people pick up for free or a low cost at the Honesty Jar in the Grassroots Garden Centre in Henstridge, Somerset.
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