saxon

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Sax⋅on

[sak-suh

–noun

1.	a member of a Germanic people in ancient times dwelling near the mouth of the Elbe, a portion of whom invaded and occupied parts of Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries.

2.	the Old English dialects of the regions settled by the Saxons.

3.	a native or inhabitant of Saxony in modern Germany.

4.	an English person; Britisher.

5.	an Anglo-Saxon.

6.	(not in scholarly use) the Old English language.

7.	a member of the royal house of Germany that ruled from 919 to 1024.

–adjective

8.	of or pertaining to the early Saxons or their language.

9.	of or pertaining to Saxony in modern Germany.

10.	English (defs. 1, 2).

Origin:
1250–1300; ME, prob. < LL Saxō, Saxonēs (pl.) < Gmc; r. OE Seaxan (pl.)

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Sax·on (sāk'sən)

A member of a West Germanic tribal group that inhabited northern Germany and invaded Britain in the fifth and sixth centuries A.D. with the Angles and Jutes.
A person of English or Lowland Scots birth or descent as distinguished from one of Irish, Welsh, or Highland Scots birth or descent.
A native or inhabitant of Saxony.
The West Germanic language of any of the ancient Saxon peoples.
The Germanic element of English as distinguished from the French and Latin elements.

[Middle English, from Late Latin Saxō, Saxon-, of Germanic origin; see sek- in Indo-European roots.]
Sax'on adj.

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