Somerset

American

[suhm-er-set, -sit] / ˈsʌm ərˌsɛt, -sɪt /

noun

a city in SE Massachusetts.
a town in S Kentucky.
Somersetshire.

Somerset ¹ British

/ ˈsʌməsɪt, -ˌsɛt /

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)

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Somerset ² British

/ ˈsʌməsɛt /

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

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Somerset House on the Strand also featured as St Petersburg in GoldenEye and was also the location in 1997's Tomorrow Never Dies where Bond pulls up for a meeting with M.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Pubs in Nottingham, St Albans and Lincolnshire have all, in the past, claimed to be that very establishment - but one pub in Somerset may have a stronger claim than its rivals.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Avon and Somerset Police said Ali was detained under the Mental Health Act after being assessed by medical experts at the scene after the children's bodies were discovered.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

"Severe drought" - the highest category - has now been declared for parts of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, East Sussex and West Sussex.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

It was an opportune time, Will’s mother had decided, for the family to get out of town, far from Somerset County, away from the crowds that had taken over Shanksville.

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin

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