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[ suhs-iks ] / ˈsʌs ɪks /
nouna former county in SE England: divided into East Sussex and West Sussex. one of an English breed of red beef cattle. one of an English breed of chickens, raised chiefly for marketing as roasters. a kingdom of the Anglo-Saxon heptarchy in SE England. Words nearby Sussexsuspiration, suspire, Susquehanna, suss, sussed, Sussex, Sussex spaniel, sustain, sustainability, sustainable, sustainable agriculture Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for SussexDavies is a freelancer “so I hide out in my study down in deepest Sussex.” Murdoch on the Rocks: How a Lone Reporter Revealed the Mogul's Tabloid Terror Machine|Clive Irving|August 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST But the first time I remember was at Sussex Camp for Underprivileged Jewish Children. Mel Brooks Is Always Funny and Often Wise in This 1975 Playboy Interview|Alex Belth|February 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST In fact, the Brighton branch is being set up by Anita and Stuart Balkham, a married couple who live in Sussex. Sunday Assembly Is the Hot New Atheist Church|Nico Hines|September 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST He then drove hell for leather to Uckfield, Sussex, where he had some whiskey with his friend Susan Maxwell-Scott. Lord Lucan’s Whereabouts: The Tabloid Rebirth of a Decades-Old Crime|William Coles|February 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Mrs. Henry Dudeney's new novel is a delightful story of the Sussex Downs. A Young Man's Year|Anthony Hope Sussex backs gave place in time to the grate in which a metal back was frequently incorporated, flanked by the dogs in front. Chats on Household Curios|Fred W. Burgess The mothers of Sussex look round to count their chicks—I mean those young gamecocks that waited on her. Rewards and Fairies|Rudyard Kipling In Sussex there are two villages not very far apart—one is called Friston, the other Alfriston. A Leisurely Tour in England|James John Hissey This was the ethnical composition of the Sussex population at the date of the first Roman invasions. Science in Arcady|Grant Allen
British Dictionary definitions for Sussex
noun(until 1974) a county of SE England, now divided into the separate counties of East Sussex and West Sussex (in Anglo-Saxon England) the kingdom of the South Saxons, which became a shire of the kingdom of Wessex in the early 9th century a.d a breed of red beef cattle originally from Sussex a heavy and long-established breed of domestic fowl used principally as a table bird Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |