Saxon

/ˈsæksən/

Other forms: Saxons; Saxonly

Definitions of Saxon

1. adjective

   of or relating to or characteristic of the early Saxons or Anglo-Saxons and their descendents (especially the English or Lowland Scots) and their language
   “Saxon princes”

   “for greater clarity choose a plain Saxon term instead of a latinate one”
2. noun

   a 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 Conquest
   examples:

   Athelstan

   the first Saxon ruler who extended his kingdom to include nearly all of England (895-939)

   types:

   West Saxon

   an inhabitant of Wessex

   type of:

   European

   a native or inhabitant of Europe