American English pronunciation
How to pronounce wessex
IPA transcription: ['wɛsəks]
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Noun
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a Saxon kingdom in southwestern England that became the most powerful English kingdom by the 10th century
Usage examples
- The current Earl of Wessex is also Viscount Severn.
- The party has actively participated in the Wessex Constitutional Convention since its establishment.
- There was also a boundary with the kingdom of Wessex to the south.
- Privatisation therefore saw it pass to Wales and West and then Wessex Trains.
- Exhibits included a Blackburn Buccaneer, a Hawker Sea Hawk and a Westland Wessex.
- He is usually counted among the Kings of Wessex.