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

Origin: 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

See Saxon in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A member of a West Germanic tribal group that inhabited northern Germany and invaded Britain in the fifth and sixth centuries A.D. with the Angles and Jutes.
  2. A person of English or Lowland Scots birth or descent as distinguished from one of Irish, Welsh, or Highland Scots birth or descent.
  3. A native or inhabitant of Saxony.
  4. The West Germanic language of any of the ancient Saxon peoples.
  5. The Germanic element of English as distinguished from the French and Latin elements.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Late Latin Saxō, Saxon-

Origin: , of Germanic origin; see sek- in Indo-European roots

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Related Forms:

  • Saxˈon adjective
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