Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a West Germanic tribal group that inhabited northern Germany and invaded Britain in the fifth and sixth centuries AD with the Angles and Jutes.
- noun A person of English or Lowland Scots birth or ancestry as distinguished from one of Irish, Welsh, or Highland Scots birth or ancestry.
- noun A native or inhabitant of Saxony.
- noun The West Germanic language of any of the ancient Saxon peoples.
- noun The Germanic element of English as distinguished from the French and Latin elements.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the nation or people which formerly dwelt in the northern part of Germany, and invaded and conquered England in the fifth and sixth centuries; also, one of their descendants. See
Angle , Anglo-Saxon, and Jute. - noun One of the English race or English-speaking races.
- noun An Englishman, as distinguished from an Irishman.
- noun A native or an inhabitant of Saxony in its later German sense.
- noun The language of the Saxons; Anglo-Saxon; by extension, modern English speech of Saxon or Anglo-Saxon origin; English diction composed mainly of Saxon words, and not Latinized or of classical or other origin. See
Anglo-Saxon . Abbreviated Sax. - noun In entomology, the noctuid moth Hadena rectilinea: an English collectors' name.
- Pertaining to the Saxons (in any sense), their country, or language; Anglo-Saxon.
- Of or pertaining to the later Saxons in Germany.
- The blue obtained on wool by the use of Saxony blue. It is brighter than the blue of the indigo-vat, but not so fast to light or alkalis.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Anglo-Saxon.
- adjective Of or pertaining to Saxony or its inhabitants.
- adjective (Dyeing) a deep blue liquid used in dyeing, and obtained by dissolving indigo in concentrated sulphuric acid.
- adjective (Dyeing) a green color produced by dyeing with yellow upon a ground of Saxon blue.
- noun One of a nation or people who formerly dwelt in the northern part of Germany, and who, with other Teutonic tribes, invaded and conquered England in the fifth and sixth centuries.
- noun Also used in the sense of
Anglo-Saxon . - noun A native or inhabitant of modern Saxony.
- noun The language of the Saxons; Anglo-Saxon.
- noun the Saxon of the continent of Europe in the old form of the language, as shown particularly in the “Heliand”, a metrical narration of the gospel history preserved in manuscripts of the 9th century.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A member of an
ancient northernGermanic tribe that invadedEngland , together withAngles andFrisians , about the year 600. - noun A
native orinhabitant ofSaxony . - proper noun The
language of the ancient Saxons. - adjective Of or relating to the Saxons.
- adjective Of or relating to Saxony.
- adjective Of or relating to the Saxon language.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of the early Saxons or Anglo-Saxons and their descendents (especially the English or Lowland Scots) and their language
- noun a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons; dominant in England until the Norman Conquest
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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-- _Observations upon Saxon heraldry_, with drawings of _Saxon atchievements_, &c.p. 245.
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
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But there was a community, or rather group of communities, living in Britain before the Conquest under what we call Saxon names, and of a blood probably more Germanic and certainly less French than the same communities after the Conquest.
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Anglo-Saxon is not meant merely the people of that tight little island on the edge of the Western Ocean.
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The phrase was an incessant iteration in Saxon's brain.
CHAPTER IX 2010
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Now the Anglo-Saxon is so constituted that to brow-beat or bully him is the last way under the sun of getting him to do any certain thing.
In Yeddo Bay 2010
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The Anglo-Saxon is a pirate, a land robber and a sea robber.
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"Be brave," she said, with low earnestness, in Saxon's ear.
CHAPTER III 2010
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The tears were in Saxon's eyes, and she could have cried over the manhandled body of her beautiful sick boy.
CHAPTER XIII 2010
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Blue-eyed, strong-featured, in Saxon's opinion he was undeniably handsome.
CHAPTER XII 2010
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The Anglo-Saxon is strong of arm and heavy of hand, and he possesses a primitive brutality all his own.
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