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KENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A county in southeastern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom, it was the first to be colonized by the Romans
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
county ((United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government)
Meronyms (parts of "Kent"):
Canterbury (a town in Kent in southeastern England; site of the cathedral where Thomas a Becket was martyred in 1170; seat of the archbishop and primate of the Anglican Church)
Holonyms ("Kent" is a part of...):
England (a division of the United Kingdom)
Holonyms ("Kent" is a member of...):
Home Counties (the English counties surrounding London into which Greater London has expanded)
Sense 2
Meaning:
United States painter noted for his woodcuts (1882-1971)
Synonyms:
Kent; Rockwell Kent
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
painter (an artist who paints)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb kent
Context examples:
We have touched on three English counties in our short drive, starting in Middlesex, passing over an angle of Surrey, and ending in Kent. See that light among the trees?
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“By St. Thomas of Kent! we are at the beck of our master, but we are not to be ordered by every babe whose mother hath sent him as far as Aquitaine.”
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Tom” had taken her down into Kent for a wedding trip, and there she had seen my aunt, too; and both my aunt and Agnes were well, and they had all talked of nothing but me.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Did you ever hear Darcy mention the circumstance, when you were in Kent?
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Holmes drew a note from his pocket, and read aloud: Abbey Grange, Marsham, Kent, 3:30 A.M.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Let me introduce you,” he shouted, “to Mr. Neville St. Clair, of Lee, in the county of Kent.”
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“By Thomas of Kent! we shall make a camp-marshal of thee, and thou shalt draw up rules for our jousting. But, John, who is it that you would uphold in this knightly and pleasing fashion?”
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
My scattered senses were soon collected as to that point, if I had; for I came to a stop in the Kent Road, at a terrace with a piece of water before it, and a great foolish image in the middle, blowing a dry shell.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
I am not likely to leave Kent for some time.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
That is certainly rather against your theory that they committed a murder in Kent last night.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
