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Anglo-Saxon Definition

Anglo-Saxon (aŋ′glō sak′sən)

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

Etymology: < ML Anglo-Saxones: see Angle & Saxon

adjective

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

Anglo-Saxon Synonyms

Anglo-Saxon

modif.

Old English, A.S., early English, early British, Germanic, Alfredian, Northumbrian, East Anglian, West Saxon, Anglian, Beowulfian; see also English.

Anglo-Saxon Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • white: The Nation is white, overwhelmingly anglo-saxon and ruled by the fathers of God's Children.

Modifies a noun

  • word: The name derives from an anglo-saxon word for harp.
  • world: Youth culture is clearly oriented toward the anglo-saxon world or toward exotic cultures.
  • country: An element of American-style razzmatazz may also be introduced, particularly in anglo-saxon countries.
  • tradition: That includes accepting anglo-saxon traditions like freedom of speech.
Anglo-Saxon Quotes

He's an Anglo-Saxon Messengeröand those are Anglo- Saxon attitudes.

—Dodgson

The order of nobility is of great use, too, not only in what it creates, but in what it prevents. It prevents the rule of wealthöthe religion of gold. This is the obvious and natural idol of the Anglo-Saxon† From this our aristocracy preserves us.

—Bagehot,Walter