Kent - a county in southeastern England on the English Channel; the first to be colonized by the Romanscounty - a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government; "the county has a population of 12,345 people" England - a division of the United Kingdom Home Counties - the English counties surrounding London into which Greater London has expanded Canterbury - a town in Kent in southeastern England; site of the cathedral where Thomas a Becket was martyred in 1170; seat of the archbishop and primate of the Anglican Church |