Somerset

American  

[suhm-er-set, -sit] / ˈsʌm ərˌsɛt, -sɪt /

noun

1. a city in SE Massachusetts.

2. a town in S Kentucky.

3. Somersetshire.

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Somerset ¹ British  

/ ˈsʌməsɪt, -ˌsɛt /

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)

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Somerset ² British  

/ ˈsʌməsɛt /

noun

1. 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

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Somerset

Officers from as far afield as Avon and Somerset, Hampshire, Hertfordshire and South Wales were ready to be deployed.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

That was until Evans discovered Summer Rose-Dorland, who runs a clinic in her hometown of Somerset and sometimes runs pop-up clinics in Wales.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Somerset House on the Strand also featured as St Petersburg in GoldenEye and was also the location in 1997's Tomorrow Never Dies where Bond pulls up for a meeting with M.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

The number of children in care in Bristol and Somerset has risen by 35% over the past seven years.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

It's a pretty good book and all, but I wouldn't want to call Somerset Maugham up.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger

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