Kent (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. U.S. jurist.
  2. U.S. illustrator and painter.
  3. 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.
verb
  1. a past tense and past participle of ken
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)
noun
  1. William. ?1685–1748, English architect, landscape gardener, and interior designer
Kent (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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