WESSEX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Wessex mean? 

• WESSEX (noun)
  The noun WESSEX has 1 sense:

1. a Saxon kingdom in southwestern England that became the most powerful English kingdom by the 10th century

  Familiarity information: WESSEX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WESSEX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Saxon kingdom in southwestern England that became the most powerful English kingdom by the 10th century

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Holonyms ("Wessex" is a part of...):

England (a division of the United Kingdom)

 Context examples 

Four days later Holmes and I were again in the train, bound for Winchester to see the race for the Wessex Cup.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You’ve two horses in for the Wessex Cup—Silver Blaze and Bayard.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Silver Blaze,” said he, “is from the Isonomy stock, and holds as brilliant a record as his famous ancestor. He is now in his fifth year, and has brought in turn each of the prizes of the turf to Colonel Ross, his fortunate owner. Up to the time of the catastrophe he was the first favourite for the Wessex Cup, the betting being three to one on him. He has always, however, been a prime favourite with the racing public, and has never yet disappointed them, so that even at those odds enormous sums of money have been laid upon him. It is obvious, therefore, that there were many people who had the strongest interest in preventing Silver Blaze from being there at the fall of the flag next Tuesday.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There was but one problem before the public which could challenge his powers of analysis, and that was the singular disappearance of the favourite for the Wessex Cup, and the tragic murder of its trainer.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)