English dictionary
Saxon
/'s/&/ks/@/n/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
adjective
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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
ExamplesSaxon princes.
For greater clarity choose a plain Saxon term instead of a latinate one.
Source: WordNet 3.0
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Of or pertaining to the Saxons, their country, or their language.
Source: webster1913
noun
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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
Source: WordNet 3.0
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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.
Source: webster1913