Kents

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Plural form of a surname or place name referring to people or things associated with a specific region; informal term for individuals from a particular area known by that designation; a collection of items or persons linked by the common name derived from a geographic or familial origin
2. Denoting multiple members of a family or lineage carrying an identical last name; referring to various inhabitants or elements connected to a named locality; identifying a group sharing an association with a particular territorial name
3. Used to describe several bearers of a certain hereditary name; relating to numerous residents or objects tied to a specific geographic area; encompassing a set of entities united under the same regional or ancestral title

Etymology: "Kents" is simply the plural of "kent", a surname, so the plural means several people sharing that family name. The surname itself is thought to be a variant of the verb "cant", which in older English could mean to sing or to speak in a particular manner, though that link is only a possibility rather than established fact.