Anglo-Saxon Definition

ăngglō-săksən
noun
A member of one of the Germanic peoples, the Angles, the Saxons, and the Jutes, who settled in Britain in the fifth and sixth centuries.
American Heritage
A member of the Germanic peoples (Angles, Saxons, and Jutes) that invaded England (5th-6th cent. a.d.) and were there at the time of the Norman Conquest.
Webster's New World
Any of the descendants of the Anglo-Saxons, who were dominant in England until the Norman Conquest of 1066.
American Heritage

The language of these peoples, Old English.

Webster's New World
A person of English ancestry.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
adjective
Of, relating to, or characteristic of Anglo-Saxons, their descendants, or their language or culture; English.
American Heritage
Of the Anglo-Saxons or their language or culture.
Webster's New World
Of their descendants; English.
Webster's New World
Related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language.
Wiktionary

(politics) Favouring a liberal free market economy.

Wiktionary
pronoun

The inflected ancestor language of modern English, also called Old English, spoken in Britain from about 400 AD to 1100 AD.

Wiktionary

Anglo-Saxon Sentence Examples

  • As the 18th century progressed the use of tea in England rapidly increased, and by the close of the century the rate of consumption exceeded an average of 2 lb per person per annum, a rate in excess of that of to-day of all people except those of Mongol and Anglo-Saxon origin.

  • Happily for the future of the world, the government of the United States felt itself able to accept the despatch which had been thus addressed to it, and to give the reparation which was demanded; and the danger of war between the two great branches of the Anglo-Saxon race was averted.

  • We are also quite uncertain as to the extent to which the Jutes and Saxons may in their turn have again introduced a new breed of horses into England; and even to the close of the Anglo-Saxon period of English history allusions to the horse are still very infrequent.

  • More than half the nomenclature of the map is derived from Orosius, an annotated Anglo-Saxon version of which had been produced by King Alfred (871-901).

  • On the other hand, the tendency to maintain peace naturally takes its course towards the strongest ruler, the king, and we witness in Anglo-Saxon law the gradual evolution of more and more stringent and complete rules in respect of the king's peace and its infringements.

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