nnoun.persona 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 ConquestDerivationally Related Form:Saxon
Hypernyms:European
Inherited Hypernyms:saxoneuropeaninhabitantpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:saxoneuropeaninhabitantpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:West Saxon
Instance Hyponyms:Athelstan
adjadj.pertof or relating to or characteristic of the early Saxons or Anglo-Saxons and their descendents (especially the English or Lowland Scots) and their languageRegion:England
Examples:- Saxon princes
- for greater clarity choose a plain Saxon term instead of a latinate one
Derivationally Related Form:Saxon
Pertainyms:Saxon
Inherited Hypernyms:saxon