| n. | 1. | One of a nation or people who formerly dwelt in the northern part of Germany, and who, with other Teutonic tribes, invaded and conquered England in the fifth and sixth centuries. | ||||||
| 2. | The language of the Saxons; Anglo-Saxon.
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| a. | 1. | Of or pertaining to the Saxons, their country, or their language.
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| Noun | 1. | Saxon - a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons; dominant in England until the Norman conquest |
| Adj. | 1. | Saxon - of or relating to or characteristic of the early Saxons or Anglo-Saxons and their descendents (especially the English or Lowland Scots) and their language; "Saxon princes"; "for greater clarity choose a plain Saxon term instead of a latinate one" |
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