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1. (n.) Saxon
a member of a Germanic people or confederation of peoples, occupying parts of the North Sea littoral and adjacent hinterlands in the 3rd–4th centuries a.d. : later notorious as sea raiders, groups of whom invaded and settled in S Britain in the 5th–6th centuries.
2. Saxon
a native or inhabitant of Saxony.
3. Saxon
a native of England, or person of English descent, esp. as opposed to an inhabitant of the British Isles of Celtic descent.
4. (adj.) Saxon
of or pertaining to the early Saxons.
5. Saxon
of or pertaining to Saxony or its inhabitants.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME, prob. < LL Saxō, Saxonēs (pl.) < Gmc; r. OE Seaxan (pl.))
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) Saxon
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
2. (adj) Saxon
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
"Saxon princes"; "for greater clarity choose a plain Saxon term instead of a latinate one"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Saxon
of or pertaining to the Saxons, their country, or their language
2. (adj) Saxon
anglo-Saxon
3. (adj) Saxon
of or pertaining to Saxony or its inhabitants
4. (noun) Saxon
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
5. (noun) Saxon
also used in the sense of Anglo-Saxon
6. (noun) Saxon
a native or inhabitant of modern Saxony
7. (noun) Saxon
the language of the Saxons; Anglo-Saxon
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