English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Anglo-Saxon
(n.)
A Saxon of Britain, that is, an English Saxon, or one
the Saxons who settled in England, as distinguished from a continental
(or "Old") Saxon.
Anglo-Saxon
(n.)
The Teutonic people (Angles, Saxons, Jutes) of
England, or the English people, collectively, before the Norman
Conquest.
Anglo-Saxon
(n.)
The language of the English people before the Conquest
(sometimes called Old English). See Saxon.
Anglo-Saxon
(n.)
One of the race or people who claim descent from the
Saxons, Angles, or other Teutonic tribes who settled in England; a
person of English descent in its broadest sense.
Anglo-Saxon
(a.)
Of or pertaining to the Anglo-Saxons or their
language.