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Sussex

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Noun

1. sussex

a county in southern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom that was captured by Wessex in the 9th century

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sussex

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noun
1. 
(until 1974) a county of SE England, now divided into the separate counties of East Sussex and West Sussex
2. 
(in Anglo-Saxon England) the kingdom of the South Saxons, which became a shire of the kingdom of Wessex in the early 9th century ad
3. 
a breed of red beef cattle originally from Sussex
4. 
a heavy and long-established breed of domestic fowl used principally as a table bird

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Sussex

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noun
any of a breed of domestic chicken, originating in Sussex, with speckled or reddish feathers, usually raised for its meat
1. 
former Anglo-Saxon kingdom in SE England
see also heptarchy
2. 
former county of SE England, on the English Channel: now divided into two counties, East Sussex, West Sussex

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Sussex

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An Anglo-Saxon kingdom of southern England bordering on the English Channel. Founded in the fifth century AD, it was captured by the kingdom of Wessex in 825.

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