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/ˈæŋgloʊ-sˈæksən/ Listen

noun

Anglo-Saxon n.

A Saxon of Britain, that is, an English Saxon, or one the Saxons who settled in England, as distinguished from a continental (or "Old") Saxon.

pl. The Teutonic people (Angles, Saxons, Jutes) of England, or the English people, collectively, before the Norman Conquest. "It is quite correct to call AEthelstan "King of the Anglo-Saxons," but to call this or that subject of AEthelstan "an Anglo-Saxon" is simply nonsense."

The language of the English people before the Norman conquest in 1066 (sometimes called Old English). See Saxon.

Synonyms: Old English

One of the race or people who claim descent from the Saxons, Angles, or other Teutonic tribes who settled in England; a person of English descent in its broadest sense.

A person of Anglo-Saxon (esp British) descent whose native tongue is English and whose culture is strongly influenced by English culture as in "WASP for 'White Anglo-Saxon Protestant'"; "this Anglo-Saxon view of things".

adjective

Anglo-Saxon adj.

Of or pertaining to the Anglo-Saxons or their language; as, Anglo-Saxon poetry; The Anglo-Saxon population of Scotland.

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Etymology of 'Anglo-Saxon'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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— The Theory of the Leisure Class • Thorstein Veblen

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— A Righte Merrie Christmasse - The Story of Christ-Tide • John Ashton

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— Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 (of 6) • Havelock Ellis

... that of another—fierce rage showed itself on the face of another. So I fancied; but, at all events, had I known any of the people, I think that I should have recognised them. There were the same Anglo-Saxon features common to all. The complexions of some were fair, and of others sunburnt. There was one with a weather-beaten countenance, and large bushy whiskers, whom we took to be one of the officers of the ship, while most of ...

— Old Jack • W.H.G. Kingston

... with a sudden sense of astonishment at Clyffurde, as if he were only seeing him now for the first time. His keen dark eyes took in with a rapid glance the Englishman's powerful personality, the square shoulders, the head well erect, the strong Anglo-Saxon chin firmly set, the slender hands always in repose. In the whole attitude of the man there was an air of will-power which had never struck de Marmont quite so forcibly as it did now, and a virility which looked as ready to challenge Fate as it was able ...

— The Bronze Eagle - A Story of the Hundred Days • Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy

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