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Dorset 1[dawr-sit] Examples noun
- 1st Earl of. Thomas Sackville.
- Dorsetshire.
Dorset 2[dawr-sit] noun
- an Eskimo culture that flourished from a.d. 100–1000 in the central and eastern regions of arctic North America.
Origin of Dorset 2after Cape Dorset in northern Canada Examples from the Web for dorset Contemporary Examples of dorset
In 2007, a Dorset man brought a lawn statute featuring a recognizable Egyptian headdress to an expert for evaluation.
7 Historically Significant Artifacts Rescued by Happenstance
The Daily Beast
October 24, 2014
One brutal exhibit features a recently discovered mass grave in Dorset, southern England.
Nico Hines
March 19, 2014
She summoned an ambulance to the flat in Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset, but Miss Moss was pronounced dead at the scene.
British Mother ‘Poisoned’ To Death By Pot
The Telegraph
January 31, 2014
My father was born in Dorset, but went to Ireland with his parents when he was three.
Dame Judi Dench on Playing the Inspiring Philomena
Dame Judi Dench
November 22, 2013
I had the idea to write about her when I was at a small dinosaur museum in Dorset.
Noah Charney
November 13, 2013
Historical Examples of dorset
For a few weeks in 1844 he was curate of Pimperne in Dorset.
George Henry Blore
This is a high compliment, but was not first bestowed on Dorset by Pope.
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes
Samuel Johnson
Cambridge and Dorset were a long way from the office of The Mass.
Alec John Dawson
As a patron of literature he ranks with the magnificent Dorset.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Norfolk, Caermarthen and Dorset were conspicuous in the throng.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.
Thomas Babington Macaulay
British Dictionary definitions for dorset Dorset noun
- a county in SW England, on the English Channel: mainly hilly but low-lying in the east: the geographical and ceremonial county includes Bournemouth and Poole, which became independent unitary authorities in 1997. Administrative centre: Dorchester. Pop (excluding unitary authorities): 398 200 (2003 est). Area (excluding unitary authorities): 2544 sq km (982 sq miles)