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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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A total of 26 fire engines were sent to the hotel at about 01:05 BST on Saturday, Kent Fire & Rescue Service said, adding: "It's believed the fire started in the basement of the property."

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

Maya, 13, from Hythe in Kent, was diagnosed with neuroblastoma at three years old, but relapsed in 2023 having been in remission for five years.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

In a statement, Britannia Hotels Group, which runs the Grand Burstin, said it was "fully cooperating with Kent Police and supporting their investigation into the circumstances surrounding the fire".

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

Kent Fire and Rescue Service said 26 fire engines were sent to the Grand Burstin Hotel in Folkestone at about 01:05 BST.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

Having to tell people I’m Puerto Rican is not a problem compared to what Kent faces regularly.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

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

From The Guardian ● Oct. 9, 2019

Clatten com up—i' fun iv his way o' 't—gat hod o' me afooar I kent reetly whoar I was, an' flang me doon like a havver sheaf.

From Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting by Sidney Gilpin

The gudewife, she kent how I felt, and when the Lord took her hame the hills seemed to ca' more and more on me.

From The Bushranger's Secret by Mrs. Henry Clarke

It was well kent he was no fitting for me.

From Discipline by Mary Brunton

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