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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

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

of the Saxons or their language or culture
English or Anglo-Saxon
of modern Saxony

See Saxon in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

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.
A person of English or Lowland Scots birth or descent as distinguished from one of Irish, Welsh, or Highland Scots birth or descent.
A native or inhabitant of Saxony.
The West Germanic language of any of the ancient Saxon peoples.
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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