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Meaning of ANGLO-SAXON

Pronunciation:  'angglow'saksun

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  English prior to about 1100
  2. [n]  a native or inhabitant of England prior to the Norman conquest
  3. [n]  a person of Anglo-Saxon (especially 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"
  4. [adj]  of or relating to the Anglo-Saxons or their language; "Anglo-Saxon poetry"; "The Anglo-Saxon population of Scotland"
 
 Synonyms: Old English
 
 See Also: Anglian, English, English language, English person, Jutish, Kentish, West Saxon

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \An"glo-Sax"on\, n. [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 [AE]thelstan ``King of
             the Anglo-Saxons,'' but to call this or that subject
             of [AE]thelstan ``an Anglo-Saxon'' is simply
             nonsense.                             --E. A.
                                                   Freeman.
    3. The language of the English people before the Conquest
       (sometimes called Old English). See {Saxon}.
    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.
    
  2. \An"glo-Sax"on\, a.
    Of or pertaining to the Anglo-Saxons or their language.
    
 

 

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