kent

Definition of Kent in English :

Noun

1. kent

a county in southeastern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom, it was the first to be colonized by the Romans

2. kent, rockwell kent

United States painter noted for his woodcuts (1882-1971)

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WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Kent

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verb

a past tense and past participle of ken

noun

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)

noun

William. ?1685–1748, English architect, landscape gardener, and interior designer

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1.

James1763-1847; U.S. jurist

2.

ˈRockˌwell (ˈrɑkˌwɛl ) ; räkˈwelˌ) 1882-1971; U.S. artist

county in SE England: formerly, an Anglo-Saxon kingdom (6th-9th cent. a.d.): 1,442 sq mi (3,735 sq km); pop. 1,509,000

Kent

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1. A region and former kingdom of southeast England. Settled by Jutes in the fifth century AD, it became one of the seven kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy but was later eclipsed by the kingdoms of Mercia and Wessex.

2. A city of northeast Ohio east-northeast of Akron. Kent State University (founded 1910) was the site of a 1970 demonstration against the Vietnam War in which four students were killed by members of the National Guard.

v.
Scots

A past tense and a past participle of ken.

American artist noted for his stark woodcuts, which illustrated published accounts of his travels and special editions of classic literary works.

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