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somerset

/ˈsʌm.ɚ.sɛt/

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What does somerset mean?

proper noun

  1. A maritime county in the west of England bordered by Gloucestershire, Bristol, Wiltshire, Dorset, Devon, the Severn estuary and the Bristol Channel.
  2. An unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California.
  3. A census-designated place in Gunnison County, Colorado.
More meanings (26)

proper noun

  1. An unincorporated community in Mountain Township, Saline County, Illinois.
  2. A census-designated place in Waltz Township, Wabash County, Indiana.
  3. A census-designated place in Miami County, Kansas.
  4. A home rule city, the county seat of Pulaski County, Kentucky.
  5. A town in Montgomery County, Maryland.
  6. A town in Bristol County, Massachusetts.
  7. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Hillsdale County, Michigan.
  8. A township in Steele County, Minnesota.
  9. An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Nebraska.
  10. A neighbourhood of Ewing Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.
  11. A census-designated place in Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey.
  12. A town and hamlet therein, in Niagara County, New York.
  13. A village in Perry County, Ohio.
  14. A borough, the county seat of Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
  15. A township in Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
  16. A township in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
  17. A city in Bexar County, Texas.
  18. A small town (unincorporated) in Windham County, Vermont.
  19. An unincorporated community in Orange County, Virginia.
  20. A neighbourhood of Bellevue, King County, Washington.
  21. A town and village in St. Croix County, Wisconsin.
  22. A local government area in south-east Queensland, Australia; in full, Somerset Region.
  23. A town in Waratah-Wynyard council area, north western Tasmania, Australia.
  24. A surname.

noun

  1. (archaic) Archaic form of somersault.

verb

  1. (archaic) Archaic form of somersault.
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I completed the prescribed drawings and specifications, and sent them, together with the model, to Somerset House.
Samuel SmilesMen of Invention and IndustryProject Gutenberg ebook #725
GROSVENOR A Chancery lane young man— A Somerset House young man,— A very delectable, highly respectable Three-penny-bus young man!
Arthur Sullivan; W. S. (William Schwenck) GilbertThe Complete Plays of Gilbert and SullivanProject Gutenberg ebook #808
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A plague upon that villain Somerset That thus delays my promised supply Of horsemen that were levied for this siege!
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
It will not serve here to follow the whole process of decay in the King's favour that Somerset was now to experience.
Victor MacClureShe Stands AccusedProject Gutenberg ebook #488
The Duke of Somerset was killed, and the King himself was wounded in the neck, and took refuge in the house of a poor tanner.
Charles DickensA Child's History of EnglandProject Gutenberg ebook #699