kent

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Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
9
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/kɛnt/

Definition of kent

30 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. A maritime county in southeast England bordered by East Sussex, Surrey, Greater London, the North Sea and the English Channel.
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name

  1. A maritime county in southeast England bordered by East Sussex, Surrey, Greater London, the North Sea and the English Channel.
  2. A river in Cumbria, England, which flows into Morecambe Bay at Arnside.
  3. A hamlet in Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU1310).
  4. A district municipality of British Columbia, Canada.
  5. A coastal fishing village in the Western Area Rural District, Sierra Leone.
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  23. A surname from Old English derived from the place name.
  24. A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage.
    “Kent Syler, a professor of political science at Middle Tennessee State University, told Newsweek in an interview Tuesday evening that the "aggressive" gerrymandering will make it "very, very difficult" for Democrats to hold the seat in the 2022 midterms.”
  25. A royal dukedom.

verb

  1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of ken
  2. (Scotland)To propel (a boat) using a pole.

noun

  1. (Scotland)A shepherd's staff.
  2. (Scotland)A pole or pike.
  3. (euphemistic, slang)cunt.

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Kent, from Old English Cent, from Latin Cantium, from Brythonic *Cantio (compare Old Irish céite (“gathering, folkmoot, hillock”)), from Proto-Celtic *kantos (“corner, rim”).

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