Dorset

¹

[ dawr-sit ]

noun

1. 1st Earl of. Thomas Sackville.
2. Dorsetshire.

Dorset

²

[ dawr-sit ]

noun

1. an Indigenous culture that flourished from a.d. 100–1000 in the central and eastern regions of Arctic North America, preceding the Inuit culture.

Dorset

/ ˈdɔːsɪt /

noun

1. 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)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Dorset¹

After Cape Dorset in northern Canada

Example Sentences

They said they would continue to back the party's four local councillors in Basingstoke, Cheshire and Dorset.

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About 40 residents have been moved to temporary accommodation in Dorset, Hampshire and West Sussex.

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Dorset Police, who previously said carbon monoxide poisoning was a possible cause, said the deaths were still being treated as "unexplained".

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Mr Welby worked at summer camps in Dorset where Smyth met some of his victims, but the archbishop said he was unaware of the nature of the allegations until 2013.

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Smyth, who died in his 70s in Cape Town in 2018, was accused of attacking boys at his Winchester home who he had met at a Christian summer camp in Dorset during the 1970s and 1980s.

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