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Saxon definition

Saxon (saksən)

noun

  1. a member of an ancient Germanic people of northern Germany: some Saxons invaded and conquered parts of England in the 5th and 6th cent.
  2. Anglo-Saxon ( & )
  3. a person born or living in modern Saxony
  4. any of the Low German dialects of the Saxon peoples, as the dialect of modern Saxony

Etymology: ME < LL Saxo, pl. Saxones < WGmc name > OE Seaxan < base akin to OHG sahs, sword, knife & L saxum, rock, stone, secare, to cut (see saw): hence, orig. ? knife bearers

adjective

  1. of the Saxons or their language or culture
  2. English or Anglo-Saxon
  3. of modern Saxony

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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