Somersetshire

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proper noun

The English county of Somerset.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. archaicThe English county of Somerset.

    What have Hampshire and the contiguous areas got that Gloucestershire, Somersetshire and Wiltshire have not?

    1962 April, “Death from Natural Causes?”, in Modern Railways, page 218
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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 […]

    1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
somerset

Origin

From Somerset + -shire.

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Cite this entry
APA

Somersetshire. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Somersetshire

MLA

“Somersetshire.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Somersetshire. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Somersetshire,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Somersetshire.

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