kent

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a county in southeastern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom, it was the first to be colonized by the Romans
noun United States painter noted for his woodcuts (1882-1971)

Perhaps a variant of the verb cant.

Miss Knight, Godmersham Park, Faversham, Kent. — Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters: A Family Record, William Austen-Leigh
"Then it's a bargain, Mr. Kent. — The Young Miner; Or, Tom Nelson in California, Horatio, Jr. Alger
"I can't help it, Mr. Kent. — The case-book of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle

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