Definitions for: Anglo-saxon


[n] English prior to about 1100
[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'"; "this Anglo-Saxon view of things"
[adj] of or relating to the Anglo-Saxons or their language; "Anglo-Saxon poetry"; "The Anglo-Saxon population of Scotland"



Webster (1913) Definition: An"glo-Sax"on, n. [L. Angli-Saxones English
Saxons.]
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 [AE]thelstan ``King of
the Anglo-Saxons,'' but to call this or that subject
of [AE]thelstan ``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.


An"glo-Sax"on, a.
Of or pertaining to the Anglo-Saxons or their language.

Synonyms: Old English

See Also: Anglian, English, English language, English person, Jutish, Kentish, West Saxon

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