ALL meanings of wessex
Wes·sex
W w - noun wessex (in the Middle Ages) a kingdom, later an earldom, in S England. Capital: Winchester. 1
- noun wessex the fictional setting of the novels of Thomas Hardy, principally identifiable with Dorsetshire. 1
- noun wessex an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in S and SW England that became the most powerful English kingdom by the 10th century ad 0
- noun wessex (in Thomas Hardy's works) the southwestern counties of England, esp Dorset 0
- noun wessex (as modifier) 0
- noun wessex former Anglo-Saxon kingdom in S England 0
- noun wessex corresponding section in modern England, chiefly in Dorsetshire, as the locale of Hardy's novels 0