Saxon
noun
Sax·on ˈsak-sən 
1
a(1)
: a member of a Germanic people that entered and conquered England with the Angles and Jutes in the fifth century a.d. and merged with them to form the Anglo-Saxon people
(2)
: an Englishman or lowlander as distinguished from a Welshman, Irishman, or Highlander
b
: a native or inhabitant of Saxony
2
a
: the Germanic language or dialect of any of the Saxon peoples
b
: the Germanic element in the English language especially as distinguished from the French and Latin
Saxon adjective
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Late Latin Saxones Saxons, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English Seaxan Saxons
First Known Use
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)
Phrases Containing Saxon
- golden yellow
- golden-ager
- golden-agers
- golden-banded lily
- golden-brown alga
- golden-brown algae
- golden-brown algas
- golden-crested kinglet
- golden-crested wren
- golden-crowned
- golden-crowned accentor
- golden-crowned kinglet
- golden-crowned sparrow
- golden-cup oak
- golden-eyed
- golden-eyed duck
- golden-eyed grass
- golden-feather yellow
- golden-tongued
- golden-winged warbler
- golden-winged woodpecker
- goldenback
- goldenbush
- goldenbushes
- goldendoodle