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  Kent

  noun

  James, 1763–1847, U.S. jurist.
• kent
  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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Example Sentences

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A new project is helping to gather data on sharks which can be found off the Kent coastline.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Thomas spent the summer posting further videos about the group and staging meetings in the North West, Essex, Leicester and Kent.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Kent Police has asked anyone who saw the car or cyclists before the crash, at about 07:45 BST near the junction of Sole Street and Round Street, to contact them.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Some councils affected by those plans, including Kent and Leicestershire, had threatened similar bids to challenge the lawfulness of the decision-making process.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

“Pokémon,” Kent says, and he cringes a little like I’m about to make fun of him.

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

Naething has happened but what ye a' alang kent very weel about.

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

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

Had I kent that ere I came here, I ne'er had come to thee; 15 For I might hae married the king's daughter, Sae fain she wou'd had me.

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various

Hastie is now our member to Parliament, and you hae disgraced the whole city o’ Glasgow, by letting a business so weel kent in his name, go to the dogs.

From All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr