(d.839), king of Wessex 802–39. In 825 he won a decisive victory that temporarily brought Mercian supremacy to an end and foreshadowed the supremacy that Wessex later secured over all England.
Definition of Egbert in US English:
Egbert
proper nounˈeɡbərt
(died 839), king of Wessex 802–839. In 825, he won a decisive victory that temporarily brought Mercian supremacy to an end.