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.
noun
1.
an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in S and SW England that became the most powerful English kingdom by the 10th century a.d
2.
(in Thomas Hardy’s works) the southwestern counties of England, esp Dorset
(as modifier): Wessex Poems
noun
1.
Earl of Wessex, See Edward (sense 2)
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