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  Kent

  noun

  James, 1763–1847, U.S. jurist.
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  kent

  verb

  a past tense and past participle of ken

Kent

American  

[kent] / kɛnt /

noun

1. James, 1763–1847, U.S. jurist.

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

3. William, 1685–1748, English painter, architect, and landscape gardener.

4. a county in SE England. 1,442 sq. mi. (3,735 sq. km).

5. an ancient English kingdom in SE Great Britain.

6. a city in NE Ohio.

7. a town in central Washington.

8. a male given name: from the Old English name of a county in England.

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Kent ¹ British  

/ kɛnt /

noun

1. a county of SE England, on the English Channel: the first part of Great Britain to be colonized by the Romans; one of the seven kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England until absorbed by Wessex in the 9th century _ad . Apart from the Downs it is mostly low-lying and agricultural, specializing in fruit and hops. The Medway towns of Rochester and Gillingham became an independent unitary authority in 1998. Administrative centre: Maidstone. Pop (excluding Medway): 1 348 800 (2003 est). Area (excluding Medway): 3526 sq km (1361 sq miles)

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Kent ² British  

/ kɛnt /

noun

1. William. ?1685–1748, English architect, landscape gardener, and interior designer

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kent ³ British  

/ kɛnt /

verb

1. a past tense and past participle of ken

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“The selling started to bleed into other sectors as well,” said Kent Engelke, chief economic strategist at Capitol Securities Management.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

There’s Kyle Jackson, a former Kent State player who wears a sleeveless jersey and turns his plate appearances into heart throbby music videos.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

She, like Juliet, had come to the UK, where she had settled in a small village in rural Kent and opened a riding school.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

"We're worried they hate us," a Maine retiree sitting with friends told AFP in Fort Kent, as she nodded towards Canada, visible across the Saint John River.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

Harvey was born in Folkestone, Kent, on 1 April 1578.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

Especially, ask about local varieties, from keswick codlin and worcester pearmain to cornish aromatic and beauty of kent.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 9, 2019

Whether the boat was capsised in a sudden squall, or the ship had struck her, or whatever it was, will never be kent till the sea gies up her dead!

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 by Various

He keeps me well by sheer moral suasion. kent comes out of his room and is off downstairs.

From Three Plays by Granville-Barker The Marrying of Ann Leete; The Voysey Inheritance; Waste by Harley Granville-Barker

Quo he, "Thou art ane Earl's ladye, And that is kent fu' fairly O; But if thou comest awa wi' me,35 Thou'lt be a queen so rarely O. "

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various

Yon's a grand passage; but the fu' meaning naebody can understand wha hasna kent the thirst and heat o' a waterless desert.

From The Bushranger's Secret by Mrs. Henry Clarke

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