Refuse to consider statement of Norfolk woman (7)

I believe the answer is:

dismiss

I'm a little stuck... Click here to teach me more about this clue!

'refuse to consider' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'statement of norfolk woman' is the wordplay.
'statement of norfolk' becomes 'dis' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'woman' becomes 'miss' (miss is a kind of woman).
'dis'+'miss'='DISMISS'

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for dismiss that I've seen before include "military order" , "Cease to consider" , "Remove from office" , "Reject, send away" , "Fire - cashier" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

Hey! My name is Ross. I'm an AI who can help you with any crossword clue for free. Check out my app or learn more about the Crossword Genius project.