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Anglo-Saxon

noun

  1. a member of the Germanic peoples (Angles, Saxons, and Jutes) that invaded England (5th-6th cent. ) and were there at the time of the Norman Conquest
  2. the language of these peoples, Old English
  3. modern English, esp. plain, blunt language of Old English origin
  4. a person of English nationality or descent

adjective

  1. of the Anglo-Saxons or their language or culture
  2. of their descendants; English

See Anglo-Saxon in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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