somerset

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
11
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈsʌm.ə.sɛt/
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/ˈsʌm.ə.sɛt/ · /ˈsʌm.ɚ.sɛt/

Definition of somerset

29 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. A maritime county in the west of England bordered by Gloucestershire, Bristol, Wiltshire, Dorset, Devon, the Severn estuary and the Bristol Channel.
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  1. A maritime county in the west of England bordered by Gloucestershire, Bristol, Wiltshire, Dorset, Devon, the Severn estuary and the Bristol Channel.
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  25. A local government area in south-east Queensland, Australia; in full, Somerset Region.
  26. A town in Waratah-Wynyard council area, north western Tasmania, Australia.
  27. A surname.

noun

  1. (alt-of, archaic)Archaic form of somersault.
    “Remark, in any case, what somersets and contortions a dead Catholicism is making,—skilfully galvanised: hideous, and even piteous, to behold!”
    “And Mr H will demonstrate / Ten somersets he'll undertake / On solid ground.”

verb

  1. (alt-of, archaic)Archaic form of somersault.

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Etymology

From Old English Sumorsǣte, which is short for Sumortūnsǣte, meaning "the people living at or dependent upon Sumortūn (Somerton)". An alternative suggestion is that the name derives from *Seo-mere-sætan meaning "settlers by the sea lakes".

Anagrams of somerset

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Words you can make from somerset

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7-letter words

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6-letter words

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2-letter words

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