Somersetshire

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  1. 1
    The English county of Somerset. archaic

    "In that part of the western division of this kingdom which is commonly called Somersetshire, there lately lived, and perhaps lives still, a gentleman whose name was Allworthy […]"

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"In that part of the western division of this kingdom which is commonly called Somersetshire, there lately lived, and perhaps lives still, a gentleman whose name was Allworthy […]"

Etymology

From Somerset + -shire.

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