Taun·ton (tôn t n, t n-) A city of southeast Massachusetts on the Taunton River north of Fall River. Settled in the 1630s, it is a metalworking and manufacturing center. Population: 56,100. |
Taunton [ˈtɔːntən]
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(Placename) a market town in SW England, administrative centre of Somerset: scene of Judge Jeffreys' ``Bloody Assize'' (1685) after the Battle of Sedgemoor. Pop.: 55 855 (1991)
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