Wessex
Americannoun
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(in the Middle Ages) a kingdom, later an earldom, in S England. Winchester.
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the fictional setting of the novels of Thomas Hardy, principally identifiable with Dorsetshire.
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an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in S and SW England that became the most powerful English kingdom by the 10th century a.d
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(in Thomas Hardy's works) the southwestern counties of England, esp Dorset
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( as modifier )
Wessex Poems
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Example Sentences
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The research was co-led by Sheffield Hallam University and Curtin University, in collaboration with experts from the University of Sheffield, Wessex Archaeology, and the University of Bristol.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
Phil Harding, from Wessex Archaeology, who led the excavation, said it was one of the best finds of his long career.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
By the mid-700s, the author writes, only the kingdoms of Mercia, Northumbria, Wessex, East Anglia and Kent “functioned as largely autonomous units.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
He became a model for the kings of Wessex in particular.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
I dip my fountain pen into a pot of ink, and a Wessex helicopter crashes into a glacier on South Georgia.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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