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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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CAF Bank, which is based in West Malling in Kent and serves more than 14,000 non-profit causes UK-wide, said its online services had been suspended since 24 July following reports of suspected cyber fraud.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

Nick, from Sussex, worked on high profile cases including the search for Sarah Everard in Kent.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

The oldest is 81-year-old M John Harrison, for The End of Everything, a post-apocalyptic novel set in a Kent coastal town.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Baker traveled with the San Francisco Giants’ contingent to celebrate Kent, who credits Baker with helping transform him into the National League MVP, All-Star and eventually a Hall of Famer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

“The lines are always a mile long and everything I need to whip up Spanish dishes is there,” Kent says.

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

Still I ought to hae kent him, for a' his clouted shoon and darned hose.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 by Various

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

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

To this Tom Nicholson generally retorted by saying, "I niver kent the', Will, when thoo was thūrteen steàn!"

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