Wessex

American  

[wes-iks] / ˈwɛs ɪks /

noun

1. (in the Middle Ages) a kingdom, later an earldom, in S England. Winchester.

2. the fictional setting of the novels of Thomas Hardy, principally identifiable with Dorsetshire.

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Wessex ¹ British  

/ ˈwɛsɪks /

noun

1. an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in S and SW England that became the most powerful English kingdom by the 10th century _a.d

2. 1. (in Thomas Hardy's works) the southwestern counties of England, esp Dorset

   2. ( as modifier )

      Wessex Poems

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Wessex ² British  

noun

1. See Edward

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Example Sentences

Simon Jones, Crown Prosecution Service Wessex and national football lead, said the banning order showed "the consequences of criminal actions at matches".

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North-east England, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire, East Anglia, Thames, Wessex, Solent and South Downs are currently classed as areas "in prolonged dry weather", the phase before drought.

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After being stored for more than 30 years in a loft, the sleeve is going under the hammer at auctioneers, Wessex Auction Rooms, in Wiltshire.

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Under the agreement of anonymity, he has studied two leaked reports provided to the BBC about safety at the Wessex Water Avonmouth plant near Bristol.

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The coins would later be revealed to feature the heads of both Alfred the Great, who ruled Wessex, and Ceolwulf II of Mercia, the ancient kingdom covering the area where the coins were found.

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