ANGLO-SAXON
\ˈaŋɡlə͡ʊsˈaksən], \ˈaŋɡləʊsˈaksən], \ˈa_ŋ_ɡ_l_əʊ_s_ˈa_k_s_ə_n]\
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The Teutonic people (Angles, Saxons, Jutes) of England, or the English people, collectively, before the Norman Conquest.
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The language of the English people before the Conquest (sometimes called Old English). See Saxon.
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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.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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The Teutonic people (Angles, Saxons, Jutes) of England, or the English people, collectively, before the Norman Conquest.
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The language of the English people before the Conquest (sometimes called Old English). See Saxon.
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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.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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Applied to the earliest form of the English language: the term Old English is now preferred by some.
By Daniel Lyons
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One of the Anglo-Saxons or their race or language.
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The mixed tribes, chiefly of Angles and Saxons, who conquered Britain in the 5th and immediately following centuries; often applied to the entire English race, with its various branches.
By James Champlin Fernald
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