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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Kentkɛnt(n.)

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

    Category: Biography

  2. a county in SE England. 1,538,800; 1442 sq. mi. (3735 sq. km).

    Category: Geography (places)

  3. an early English kingdom in SE Britain.

    Category: Geography (places), Ancient History, Western History

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Kent(noun)

    a county in southeastern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom, it was the first to be colonized by the Romans

  2. Kent, Rockwell Kent(noun)

    United States painter noted for his woodcuts (1882-1971)

Wiktionary

  1. Kent(ProperNoun)

    A maritime county in the southeast of England bordered by Sussex, Surrey, London, the North Sea and the English Channel.

  2. Kent(ProperNoun)

    derived from the place name.

  3. Kent(ProperNoun)

    transferred from the surname; of mostly American usage, but never popular.

  4. Origin: Cent, from Cantium, from *Cantio (compare Old Irish céite 'gathering, folkmoot, hillock').

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Kent

    English maritime county in the extreme SE.; lies between the Thames estuary and the Strait of Dover, with Surrey and Sussex on the W.; it is hilly, with marshes in the SE. and on the Thames shore; is watered by the Medway, Stour, and Darent; has beautiful scenery, rich pasturage, and fine agricultural land, largely under hops and market-gardens; a large part of London is in Kent; Maidstone (32) is the county town; Rochester (26) and Canterbury (23) are cathedral cities; Woolwich (99), Gravesend (35), and Dover (33) are seaports, and Margate and Ramsgate watering-places.


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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

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towns in general as opposed to the countryside

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