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Somersetshire
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English
Etymology
From en Somerset shire.
Proper noun
en archaic The English county of Somerset.
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
en 1962 April Death from Natural Causes? Modern Railways 218 What have Hampshire and the contiguous areas got that Gloucestershire, Somersetshire and Wiltshire have not?
en Counties of England