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Webster 1913 Edition
Anglo-Saxon
An′glo-Sax′on
,Noun.
[L.
Angli-Saxones
English Saxons.] 1.
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.
2.
pl.
The Teutonic people (Angles, Saxons, Jutes) of England, or the English people, collectively, before the Norman Conquest.
It is quite correct to call Æthelstan “King of the
Anglo-Saxons
,” but to call this or that subject of Æthelstan “an Anglo-Saxon
” is simply nonsense. E. A. Freeman.
3.
The language of the English people before the Norman conquest in 1066 (sometimes called
Old English
). See Saxon
.
Syn. – Old English
4.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Anglo-saxon
ANGLO-SAX'ON
,Adj.
ANGLO-SAX'ON
,Noun.
Definition 2024
anglo-saxon
anglo-saxon
See also: Anglo-Saxon and anglosaxon
French
Noun
anglo-saxon m (uncountable)
- Anglo-Saxon (Old English language)
Adjective
anglo-saxon m (feminine singular anglo-saxonne, masculine plural anglo-saxons, feminine plural anglo-saxonnes)