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Sussex

[suhs-iks]

noun

  1. a former county in SE England: divided into East Sussex and West Sussex.

  2. one of an English breed of red beef cattle.

  3. one of an English breed of chickens, raised chiefly for marketing as roasters.

  4. a kingdom of the Anglo-Saxon heptarchy in SE England.



Sussex

/ ˈsʌsɪks /

noun

  1. (until 1974) a county of SE England, now divided into the separate counties of East Sussex and West Sussex

  2. (in Anglo-Saxon England) the kingdom of the South Saxons, which became a shire of the kingdom of Wessex in the early 9th century a.d

  3. a breed of red beef cattle originally from Sussex

  4. a heavy and long-established breed of domestic fowl used principally as a table bird

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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The draw for the first round proper will take place shortly before kick-off at the 4,000-capacity Sussex Transport Community Stadium, where Savage does not expect the artificial pitch to prove a levelling factor.

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While costs are high, Hopscotch Nurseries, which has seven sites across Sussex, said demand for places was high.

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The Sussex researchers have carried out this same stress test on 29 volunteers.

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A second man has been arrested over an arson attack on a mosque in East Sussex.

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The Chadian government has terminated its agreement with a controversial conservation organisation that has the Duke of Sussex on its board of directors.

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