Saxon

Sax·on  (sksn)

n.

1. A member of a West Germanic tribal group that inhabited northern Germany and invaded Britain in the fifth and sixth centuries a.d. with the Angles and Jutes.

2. A person of English or Lowland Scots birth or descent as distinguished from one of Irish, Welsh, or Highland Scots birth or descent.

3. A native or inhabitant of Saxony.

4. The West Germanic language of any of the ancient Saxon peoples.

5. The Germanic element of English as distinguished from the French and Latin elements.

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[Middle English, from Late Latin Sax, Saxon-, of Germanic origin; see sek- in Indo-European roots.]

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Saxon adj.

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Saxon

Noun

1. a member of a West Germanic people who raided and settled parts of Britain in the fifth and sixth centuries ad

2. any of the West Germanic dialects spoken by the ancient Saxons

Adjective

of the ancient Saxons or their language [Late Latin Saxon-, Saxo]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Saxon - 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 European - a native or inhabitant of Europe West Saxon - an inhabitant of Wessex
Adj.	1.	Saxon - 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" England - a division of the United Kingdom