Anglo-Saxon
Definition of Anglo-Saxon
An´glo-Sax´on adj. | 1. | of or pertaining to the Anglo-Saxons or their language; as, Anglo-Saxon poetry; The Anglo-Saxon population of Scotland. | n. | 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. | The Teutonic people (Angles, Saxons, Jutes) of England, or the English people, collectively, before the Norman Conquest. | | 3. | The language of the English people before the Norman conquest in 1066 (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. | | 5. | 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". |
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