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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.

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  1. n. 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. n. The Teutonic people (Angles, Saxons, Jutes) of England, or the English people, collectively, before the Norman Conquest.
  3. n. The language of the English people before the Conquest (sometimes called Old English). See Saxon.
  4. n. 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. Of or pertaining to the Anglo-Saxons or their language.
  6. adj. of or relating to the Anglo-Saxons or their language
  7. n. a native or inhabitant of England prior to the Norman Conquest
  8. 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’
  9. n. English prior to about 1100
  10. 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 Æthelstan "King of the Anglo-Saxons," but to call this or that subject of Æthelstan "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. Of or pertaining to the Anglo-Saxons or their language.
  11. The Teutonic people (Angles, Saxons, Jutes) of England, or theEnglish people, collectively, before the Norman Conquest.It is quite correct to call Æthelstan "King of the saxons">Anglo-Saxons," butto call this or that subject of Æthelstan "an Anglo-Saxon" is simplynonsense. E. A. Freeman.
  12. j:75/n:25 n. a native or inhabitant of England prior to the Norman Conquest 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' a. of or relating to the Anglo-Saxons or their language