Thesaurus: angles

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1. n. pl. An ancient Low German tribe, that settled in Britain, which came to be called Engla-land (Angleland or England). The Angles probably came from the district of Angeln (now within the limits of Schleswig), and the country now Lower Hanover, etc.
2. An ancient Low German tribe, that settled in Britain, which came to be called Engla-land (Angleland or England). The Angles probably came from the district of Angeln (now within the limits of Schleswig), and the country now Lower Hanover, etc.
3. An ancient Low German tribe, that settled in Britain, whichcame to be called Engla-land (Angleland or England). The Anglesprobably came from the district of Angeln (now within the limits ofSchleswig), and the country now Lower Hanover, etc.
4. n the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians n a biased way of looking at or presenting something n a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Saxons and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons v move or proceed at an angle v to incline or bend from a vertical position v seek indirectly v fish with a hook v present with a bias