Definitions for Wessex

Wessex Wes·sex

Spelling: [wes-iks]
IPA: /ˈwɛs ɪks/

Wessex is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 30 anagrams from letters in Wessex (eesswx).

Definitions for Wessex

noun

  1. (in the Middle Ages) a kingdom, later an earldom, in S England. Capital: Winchester.
  2. the fictional setting of the novels of Thomas Hardy, principally identifiable with Dorsetshire.

Examples for Wessex

King Alfred of Wessex repelled the attacks and laid the foundations for a kingdom that would become known as England.

The supremacy of Mercia passed to that of Wessex—London went with the supremacy.

Guthrum was baptized, and the Treaty of Wedmore secured the clearance of Wessex.

When Mercia became subject to Wessex it was ruled by an alderman.

They went to war with the men of Wessex and were defeated by them.

"You should do for this country what Thomas Hardy has done for Wessex," he said.

The men of the Wessex Fusiliers are determined and well-disciplined fellows.

The Royal visit by the Earl and Countess of Wessex to the territory raised tensions in Spain.

At no time during the shoot was Viscount Severn directly in front of the Earl of Wessex.

Also present were Andrew and his daughter Princess Beatrice, and the Earl and Countess of Wessex.

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