Dor·set 1 (dôr s t)n. An early Native American culture flourishing in small coastal settlements in northern Greenland and the eastern Canadian Arctic south to Newfoundland from about 800 b.c. to a.d. 1000. [After Cape Dorset, Baffin Island, site of excavations.] |
| Dor·set 2 (dôrst) A region of southwest England on the English Channel. Part of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex, it was used as the setting for many of Thomas Hardy's novels. |
Dorset [ˈdɔːsɪt]
n
(Placename) 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): 390 986 (2001 est.). Area (excluding unitary authorities): 2544 sq. km (982 sq. miles)
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