a member of the Germanic peoples who conquered England in the fifth cent. ad and formed the ruling group until the Norman conquest in 1066
= Old English
loosely, a white person of English or British descent or whose first language is English
informal direct or indecent English speech or writing
Anglo-Saxon adj
[Latin Anglo-Saxones (pl) alteration of medieval Latin Angli Saxones, from Latin Angli (see Angle) + late Latin Saxones (see Saxon)]