Somerset
[sʌmәsit,]
Definition
(noun.) a county in southwestern England on the Bristol Channel.
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Definition
(n.) A leap in which a person turns his heels over his head and lights upon his feet; a turning end over end.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Somersault, summerset, summersault.
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Examples
- Somerset, Lord Berwick and Lord Worcester, with your humble servant, in two private boxes adjoining each other. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Lady Charles Somerset was very fond of this young foreigner, and almost considered him as her son. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Lord Berwick, like Lord Barrymore, wanted a tiger; while Somerset required a man whose curricle he could drive and whose money he could borrow. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Archer found a cab and drove to the Somerset Club for breakfast. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- De Guiche was Captain of the troop to which young Somerset belonged, and it was the duke's turn to attend in the riding-school. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Worcester admitted that young Somerset had been decidedly under De Guiche's command when he presumed to murmur, or rather refused to obey His Grace. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- My brother is a fool, said Lord William Somerset one day to us. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I have at last found a woman I should like to marry, Somerset, and you know I have been more than twenty years upon the look-out. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- For six years he was engaged, as engineer, in the construction of the Somerset Coal Canal, where he enlarged and turned to pract ical account his knowledge of strata. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- One may forfeit everything else, but one must be free--one must not become 7, Pinchbeck Street--or Somerset Drive--or Shortlands. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Lord William Somerset was an excellent whip; but he had no horses to whip. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Most true, my lord, said Tiger-Somerset; besides, I've often seen her, when Deerhurst used to take her out last year. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Why am I to be a slave to Charles Somerset? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The duke, much incensed, would have put Somerset under arrest if he had not immediately changed the saddle. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- His uncle, Lord William Somerset, placed himself in an easy chair, swearing he would not stir without his nephew. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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