Taunton

[tawn-tn, tahn-]

noun

a city in SE Massachusetts.

former name of Taunton Deane.

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Examples from the Web for taunton

In this matter of the divorce, Wolsey has found an earnest apologist in Father Taunton.
Ten Tudor Statesmen|Arthur D. Innes
The Taunton river runs through it, and thence flows to the sea by Pocasset river and Seaconnet passage.
The Pre-Columbian Discovery of America by the Northmen|B. F. De Costa
It was infamous in Jeffreys to demand money for the lives of the unhappy prisoners whom he tried at Dorchester and Taunton.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
Perkin, informed of these great preparations, immediately raised the siege of Exeter, and retired to Taunton.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part C.|David Hume

He also reminded them that they were the sons of the men who, forty years before, defended Taunton under Admiral Blake.
For Faith and Freedom|Walter Besant

British Dictionary definitions for taunton

Taunton

noun

a market town in SW England, administrative centre of Somerset: scene of Judge Jeffreys' "Bloody Assize" (1685) after the Battle of Sedgemoor. Pop: 58 241 (2001)

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