Sussex
/ˈsʌs.ɪks/
Sussex proper noun: a former county of south-east England, England, United Kingdom, now divided into East and West Sussex), then bordered by Surrey, Kent, Hampshire and the English Channel. Also the ellipsis of University of Sussex.
Proper noun
Sussex (countable and uncountable, plural Sussexes)
- A former county of south-east England, England, United Kingdom, now divided into East and West Sussex), then bordered by Surrey, Kent, Hampshire and the English Channel.
- Synonyms:
- Sussexshire
- A civil parish of Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.
- A town in New Brunswick, Canada.
- A borough of New Jersey, United States.
- A census-designated place, the county seat of Sussex County, Virginia, United States.
- A village in Wisconsin, United States.
- A surname.
Noun
Sussex (plural Sussexes)
- A British breed of dual-purpose chicken, reared both for its meat and for its eggs.
- In the blood of the four groups of birds examined, (viz. purebred Sussexes and Bantams and their reciprocal hybrids) distinct differences were found of the content of DNA and RNA between the Sussexes and the three remaining groups.1967, Folia Biologica, page 124
- In the USSR, Sussexes are distributed in the western and southern parts of the Ukrainian SSR.1968, Ė. Ė Penionzhkevich, Poultry: Biology, Breeds and Breeding, page 192
Also used as
Sussex is also the ellipsis of University of Sussex.
Sussex is also the ellipsis of Sussex Drive and Sussex Street.
Examples of Sussex in a sentence
- Spring and summer were more kind and the flock multipled,^([sic]) although no purebred Sussexes had survived the winter.1985, Peter Gzowski, The Morningside Papers, McClelland and Stewart in association with CBC Enterprises, published 1986, →ISBN, page 29:
- In this group fall the medium-size breeds, such as the Plymouth Rocks, Reds, New Hampshires, Sussexes, Orpingtons, Australorps, and others.1986, Collier’s Encyclopedia, page 217:
- Brown eggs come from white Plymouth Rock chickens, New Hampshire chickens, white and dark Cornish chickens, Rhode Island reds, barred Plymouth Rock chickens, and light Sussexes.1995 November/December, Paula Poundstone, “Letters to Paula”, in Mother Jones, page 79:
- [“Egg Color”:] Cream eggs [“Chicken”:] Polish, Sussexes, Faverolles2014, The Egg Cookbook: The Creative Farm-to-Table Guide to Cooking Fresh Eggs, Healdsburg Press, →ISBN:
Synonyms of Sussex
Forms of Sussex
| Proper noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | Sussexes |
| Noun | |
| plural | Sussexes |
Origin of Sussex
Inherited from Old English Sūþseaxan (literally “South Saxons”), which stood for both Sussex and its people. The town in New Brunswick may have been named after Sussex, New Jersey. The civil parish is named after the town.
Words formed from Sussex
- 1 Sussex Drive
- 1 Sussex Street
- 24 Sussex Drive
- 24 Sussex Street
- County of Sussex
- Duchess of Sussex
- Duke of Sussex
- East Sussex
- Mid Sussex
- Pride of Sussex
- Shire of Sussex
- Sussex County
- Sussex Drive
- Sussex Dukedom
- Sussexer
- Sussex Inlet
- sussexite
- Sussexman
- Sussex marble
- Sussexshire
- Sussex Street
- West Sussex
Phrases with Sussex
Questions about Sussex
- What does Sussex mean?
- Sussex means a former county of south-east England, England, United Kingdom, now divided into East and West Sussex), then bordered by Surrey, Kent, Hampshire and the English Channel.
- How do you use Sussex in a sentence?
- Spring and summer were more kind and the flock multipled,^([sic]) although no purebred Sussexes had survived the winter.
- What part of speech is Sussex?
- Sussex can be a proper noun or a noun.
- How do you pronounce Sussex?
- Sussex is pronounced /ˈsʌs.ɪks/ (UK).
Words near Sussex in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Sussex (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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