Saxon
Saxon definition
Saxon (sak′sən)
noun
- a member of an ancient Germanic people of northern Germany: some Saxons invaded and conquered parts of England in the 5th and 6th cent.
- Anglo-Saxon ( & )
- a person born or living in modern Saxony
- 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
- of the Saxons or their language or culture
- English or Anglo-Saxon
- of modern Saxony
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