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Sussex1 definition

Sus·sex (sus′iks)

noun

any of a breed of domestic chicken, originating in Sussex, with speckled or reddish feathers, usually raised for its meat
Sussex2 definition

Sus·sex (sus′iks)

  1. former Anglo-Saxon kingdom in SE England
  2. former county of SE England, on the English Channel: now divided into two counties, East Sussex & West Sussex

Etymology: ME Suth-sæxe < OE Suth-Seaxe, South Saxon (land or people): see south & Saxon

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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