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Kent

//kɛnt// name, noun, verb, slang

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A maritime county in southeast England bordered by East Sussex, Surrey, Greater London, the North Sea and the English Channel.
  2. 2
    A river in Cumbria, England, which flows into Morecambe Bay at Arnside.
  3. 3
    A hamlet in Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU1310).
  4. 4
    A district municipality of British Columbia, Canada.
  5. 5
    A coastal fishing village in the Western Area Rural District, Sierra Leone.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Elmore County, Alabama.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Pike County, Alabama.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Colusa County, California.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; The former name of Kentfield, a census-designated place in Marin County, California.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Litchfield, Connecticut.
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Nassau County, Florida.
  7. 12
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Stephenson County, Illinois.
  8. 13
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Republican Township, Jefferson County, Indiana.
  9. 14
    A number of places in the United States:; A former city and census-designated place in Union County, Iowa, disincorporated in 2003.
  10. 15
    A number of places in the United States:; A tiny city in Wilkin County, Minnesota.
  11. 16
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Putnam County, New York.
  12. 17
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Portage County, Ohio.
  13. 18
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Sherman County, Oregon.
  14. 19
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Culberson County, Texas.
  15. 20
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in King County, Washington, United States; a suburb of Seattle.
  16. 21
    A number of places in the United States:; A neighborhood in northwest Washington, D.C..
  17. 22
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Marshall County, West Virginia.
  18. 23
    A surname from Old English derived from the place name.
  19. 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."

  20. 25
    A royal dukedom.
Noun
  1. 1
    A shepherd's staff. Scotland
  2. 2
    A pole or pike. Scotland
  3. 3
    cunt. euphemistic, slang
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of ken form-of, participle, past
  2. 2
    To propel (a boat) using a pole. Scotland

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

Perhaps a variant of the verb cant.

Etymology 3

Perhaps a variant of the verb cant.

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