CHERSONESE, noun A peninsula; a tract of land of any indefinite extent, which is nearly surrounded by water, but united to a larger tract by a neck of land or isthmus; as the Cimbric chersonese or Jutland; the Tauric chersonese or Crimea.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.