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Wessex

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Wes·sex  (wsks)
A region and ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdom of southern England. According to tradition, the kingdom was founded by the Saxon conquerors of Britain and at its greatest extent occupied the territory between the English Channel and the Thames River.
Wessex [ˈwɛsɪks]
n
1. (Placename) an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in S and SW England that became the most powerful English kingdom by the 10th century a.d
2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms)
a.  (in Thomas Hardy's works) the southwestern counties of England, esp Dorset
b.  (as modifier) Wessex Poems
Wessex2
n
(Biographies / Wessex, Earl of) Earl of. See Edward2 (sense 2)
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Noun1.Wessex - a Saxon kingdom in southwestern England that became the most powerful English kingdom by the 10th century
England - a division of the United Kingdom


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Has the British soldier, one wonders, yet discovered Rudyard Kipling, or is the Wessex peasant aware of Thomas Hardy?
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There was but one problem before the public which could challenge his powers of analysis, and that was the singular disappearance of the favorite for the Wessex Cup, and the tragic murder of its trainer.
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a Wessex man, a citizen of the noblest Saxon kingdom of Wessex, a regular "Angular Saxon," the very soul of me adscriptus glebae.
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