Look up: Wessex

1. Wessex
   [n] - a Saxon kingdom in southwestern England that became the most powerful English kingdom by the 10th century
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2. Wessex
   Kingdom of the West Saxons in Britain, said to have been founded by Cerdic about AD 500, covering Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire, Somerset, Devon, and the former county of Berkshire. In 829 Egbert...
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3. Wessex
   noun a Saxon kingdom in southwestern England that became the most powerful English kingdom by the 10th century
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4. Wessex
   (from the article `Hardy, Thomas`) ...career that was soon validated by an invitation to contribute a serial to the far more prestigious Cornhill Magazine. The resulting novel, Far ...
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5. Wessex
   one of the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England, whose ruling dynasty eventually became kings of the whole country. In its permanent nucleus, its land ... [6 related articles]
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6. Wessex
   HMS Wessex was a British Wager Class destroyer of 1710 tons displacement launched in 1943 as HMS Zenith. HMS Wessex was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 34 knots. She carried a complement of 186 and was armed with four 4.7 inch guns; four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns...
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7. Wessex
   Wessex (wes'iks) , one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in England. It may have been settled as early as 495 by Saxons under Cerdic, who is reputed to have landed in Hampshire. Cerdic's grandson, Ceawlin (560–93), annexed scattered Saxon settlements in the Chiltern Hills and drove the Celts fro...
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8. Wessex
   Kingdom of the West Saxons in Britain, said to have been founded by Cerdic about AD 500, covering Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire, Somerset, Devon, and the former county of Berkshire. In 829 Egbert established West Saxon supremacy over all England. Thomas Hardy used the term Wessex in his novels for the...
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