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    saxon

    saxon - Dictionary definition and meaning for word saxon

    Definition
    (noun) a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons; dominant in England until the Norman Conquest Definition
    (adj) of or relating to or characteristic of the early Saxons or Anglo-Saxons and their descendents (especially the English or Lowland Scots) and their language
    Example Sentence
    • Saxon princes
    • for greater clarity choose a plain Saxon term instead of a latinate one
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