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[ brek-nuhk-sheer, -sher, -nok- ] / ˈbrɛk nəkˌʃɪər, -ʃər, -nɒk- /
nouna historic county in S Wales, now part of Powys, Gwent, and Mid Glamorgan. Words nearby BrecknockshireB. Rec., breccia, brecciate, Brecht, Breckinridge, Brecknockshire, Brecksville, Brecon, Breconshire, bred, Breda Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for BrecknockshireHowell Harris was born at Trevecka, in Brecknockshire, in 1714. A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation|Robert Williams Brecknockshire, according to fable, is called after this king. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1|The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. Brecknockshire, alone of the South p. 203Wales counties, enjoyed exemption from these disturbances. Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign|John Ashton Theophilus Jones, in his History of Brecknockshire (1805-9), ii. Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II|Henry Vaughan
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