Sussex
Americannoun
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a former county in SE England: divided into East Sussex and West Sussex.
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one of an English breed of red beef cattle.
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one of an English breed of chickens, raised chiefly for marketing as roasters.
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a kingdom of the Anglo-Saxon heptarchy in SE England.
noun
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(until 1974) a county of SE England, now divided into the separate counties of East Sussex and West Sussex
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(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
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a breed of red beef cattle originally from Sussex
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a heavy and long-established breed of domestic fowl used principally as a table bird
Example Sentences
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Morris’s mother and father, respectively, were an accomplished organist and a mechanic who had been gassed in World War I. Like Waugh, Morris boarded as a teenager at Lancing College in West Sussex, England.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
Now Sussex captain, leading his team to two wins from two, many rate Robinson as the best new-ball bowler in the country.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
The Duchess of Sussex will make an appearance as a guest judge on a new season of hit Australian television show MasterChef Australia.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
Some 24,000 properties in Kent and Sussex lost water or had low pressure in November and December, and just weeks later up to 30,000 were hit with more issues.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
His name was Gideon Algernon Mantell and he was a country doctor in Sussex.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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