Essex

[ es-iks ]

/ ˈɛs ɪks /

noun

2nd Earl of. Devereux, Robert.

a county in SE England. 1418 sq. mi. (3670 sq. km).

a town in N Maryland, near Baltimore.

a town in W Vermont.

Example sentences from the Web for essex

Three years later, another father and son duo found a 500-year-old gold pendant worth $4 million in Essex.

How To Strike Viking Gold |Lizzie Crocker |October 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
“They get paid for their oil in dollars,” said David Solin, a partner at Foreign Exchange Analytics in Essex, Connecticut.

Did Russia Just Dump a Huge Amount of U.S. Government Bonds? |Daniel Gross |March 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
“It is a little more exciting,” said Joe DiVincenzo, the Essex County Executive in the lobby of the statehouse, prior to speech.

In State of the State, Christie Tries to Cross the Bridge |David Freedlander |January 14, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
According to the Essex court document, that move may have cost her custody of her child.

Italian Woman Says British Doctors Forced Her to Have a C-Section, Took Her Baby |Barbie Latza Nadeau and Nico Hines |December 5, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

Then the power went out next door, at a shelter housed by the Essex County Office of Emergency Management.

At New Jersey’s Turtle Back Zoo, Humans Slept Alongside the Pythons |Winston Ross |November 5, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
As a rule all ships reef down while going around, and here was the Essex under full sail.

With Porter in the Essex |James Otis
Egerton's eldest son had accompanied Essex into Ireland, and died there, which is the subject of the letter.

The Town |Leigh Hunt
On the coast of Essex the name "quay-lowders" is given to these crustaceans, "lowder" being apparently an old plural of louse.

The British Woodlice |Wilfred Mark Webb
A number of powerful British frigates were searching for the Essex, which had wrought such prodigious mischief.

Dewey and Other Naval Commanders |Edward S. Ellis
Rupert continued to hover about Essex's army, and ordered Wilmot to take Marlborough.

Rupert Prince Palatine |Eva Scott

British Dictionary definitions for essex (1 of 2)

Essex ¹

/ (ˈɛsɪks) /

noun

a county of SE England, on the North Sea and the Thames estuary; the geographical and ceremonial county includes Thurrock and Southend-on-Sea, which became independent unitary authorities in 1998. Administrative centre: Chelmsford. Pop (excluding unitary authorities): 1 324 100 (2003 est). Area (excluding unitary authorities): 3446 sq km (1310 sq miles)

an Anglo-Saxon kingdom that in the early 7th century ad comprised the modern county of Essex and much of Hertfordshire and Surrey. By the late 8th century, Essex had become a dependency of the kingdom of Mercia

British Dictionary definitions for essex (2 of 2)

Essex ²

/ (ˈɛsɪks) /

noun

2nd Earl of, title of Robert Devereux. ?1566–1601, English soldier and favourite of Queen Elizabeth I; executed for treason

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