somerset

name

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".

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. 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. Archaic form of somersault.