The Anglo-Saxon period is the period of English history from the fifth century A.D. to the Norman Conquest in 1066.
Excavations have revealed Roman and Anglo-Saxon remains in the area.
...the grave of an early Anglo-Saxon king.
An Anglo-Saxon was someone who was Anglo-Saxon.
...the mighty sea power of the Anglo-Saxons.
2. adjective
Anglo-Saxon people are members of or are descended from the English race.
...white Anglo-Saxon Protestant men.
Anglo-Saxon is also a noun.
The difference is, you are Anglo-Saxons, we are Latins.
3. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Anglo-Saxon attitudes or ideas have been strongly influenced by English culture.
Debilly had no Anglo-Saxon shyness about discussing money.
4. uncountable noun
Anglo-Saxon is the language that was spoken in England between the fifth century A.D. and the Norman Conquest in 1066.
Anglo-Saxon in British English
noun
1.
a member of any of the West Germanic tribes (Angles, Saxons, and Jutes) that settled in Britain from the 5th century ad and were dominant until the Norman conquest
2.
the language of these tribes
Old English
3.
any White person whose native language is English and whose cultural affiliations are those common to Britain and the US
4. informal
plain blunt English, esp English containing taboo words
adjective
5.
forming part of the Germanic element in Modern English
'forget' is an Anglo-Saxon word
6.
of or relating to the Anglo-Saxons or the Old English language
7.
of or relating to the White Protestant culture of Britain, Australia, and the US
8. informal
(of English speech or writing) plain and blunt
9.
of or relating to Britain and the US, esp their common legal, political, and commercial cultures, as compared to continental Europe
Anglo-Saxon in American English
(ˈæŋgloʊˈsæksən)
noun
1.
a member of the Germanic peoples (Angles, Saxons, and Jutes) that invaded England (5th-6th cent. a.d.) and were there at the time of the Norman Conquest
2.
the language of these peoples, Old English
3.
modern English, esp. plain, blunt language of Old English origin
4.
a person of English nationality or descent
adjective
5.
of the Anglo-Saxons or their language or culture
6.
of their descendants; English
Word origin
< ML Anglo-Saxones: see Angle & Saxon
Examples of 'Anglo-Saxon' in a sentence
Anglo-Saxon
The more accurate term, `defeat", would have been too brutal, too Anglo-Saxon.
Dobbs, Michael WALL GAMES
Things have happened on the other planes, other worlds, to do with ancient Anglo-Saxon evil which is helping all this to happen.
Barbara Erskine HIDING FROM THE LIGHT
I decided to go into reverse very quickly and take a pragmatic, Anglo-Saxon approach.
Malcolm, John THE GWEN JOHN SCULPTURE
Did you ever hear the word `wasp" - white Anglo-Saxon Protestant?