Somerset

[ suhm-er-set, -sit ]

noun

1. a city in SE Massachusetts.
2. a town in S Kentucky.
3. Somersetshire.

Somerset

¹

/ ˈsʌməsɛt /

noun

1. Somerset, 1st Duke of?15001552MEnglishPOLITICS: statesman 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

Somerset

²

/ -ˌsɛt; ˈsʌməsɪt /

noun

1. 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)

Example Sentences

The figures for Somerset and North Somerset were also above average, at 21% and 20% respectively over the past school year.

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The pair had moved to Somerset and were living with another young child in a caravan.

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Critics are divided on whether watching five hours of the former MP run around his London townhouse and Somerset mansion is worth it.

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Avon and Somerset Police said a man - believed to be in his 80s - collided with pedestrians at a low-speed while manoeuvring out of a parking space.

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North Somerset Council provides thermal cameras to residents, on loan, and this scheme is also currently operating on a waiting list basis due to its popularity.

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