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Anglo-Saxon

Syllables: An·glo·Sax·on/ˌæŋɡləʊˈsæksən/

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British/ˌaŋɡləwˈsaksən/

Anglo-Saxon proper noun: synonym of Old English (language).

Proper noun

Anglo-Saxon

  1. (archaic) Synonym of Old English (language).
    Synonyms:
    Old English
    1. (archaic, often, specifically) Old English free of any foreign borrowings (as from Old Norse or Norman French).
  2. (informal) Profanity, especially words derived from Old English.
    • Sometimes these chairmen are authoritarians, who wield the budget-book as a weapon - the junior staff members have some Anglo-Saxon words for them1954, American Association of University Professors, Bulletin of the American Association of University Professors
    • I haven't eaten in two days. What's left to puke? You may remark that my vocabulary has taken a turn for the Anglo-Saxon.1995, Margaret Edson, Wit

Noun

Anglo-Saxon (plural Anglo-Saxons)

  1. A member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century.
  2. (US) A person of English ethnic descent.
  3. (US, Mexican-American) A lightskinned or blond-haired person presumably of North European descent like British.

Adjective

Anglo-Saxon (comparative more Anglo-Saxon, superlative most Anglo-Saxon)

  1. Related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language.
  2. Related to nations which speak primarily English and are influenced by English culture and customs, especially Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom and the United States.
    • [...] Ethnography thus aims at record-
      ing as accurately as possible the respective modes of life of various
      groups. Ethnology, on the other hand, utilizes for comparative
      purposes (the nature of which will be explained below) the data
      provided by the ethnographer. Thus, ethnography has the...1963, Claude Lévy-Strauss, translated by Claire Jacobson and Brooke Schoepf, Structural Anthropology, New York: Basic Books, page 2
  3. Favouring a liberal free-market economy.
  4. (US) Descended from some other North European settlers like the British (English).

Anglo-Saxon meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Arabic and Malay

Anglo-Saxon in Hindi

member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
आंग्ल सैक्सन āṅgla saiksan

Anglo-Saxon in Tamil

பழைய ஆங்கிலம்

Anglo-Saxon in Arabic

member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
أَنْجْلُوسَكْسُونِيّ ʔanglosaksūniyy
related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
أَنْجْلُوسَكْسُونِيّ ʔanglusaksuniyy

Anglo-Saxon in Malay

member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
orang Inggeris Saxon, Inggeris Saxon
person of English ethnic descent
orang Inggeris Saxon, Inggeris Saxon
related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
Inggeris Saxon
related to nations which speak primarily English
Inggeris Saxon
More languagesFewer languages
Anglo-Saxon in Persian
آنگلوساکسون ânglôsâksôn
Anglo-Saxon in Thai
แองโกล-แซกซัน, แองโกลแซกซัน
Anglo-Saxon in Vietnamese
người Anh-Sắc, Anh-Sắc

Synonyms of Anglo-Saxon

Forms of Anglo-Saxon

Proper noun
alternative initialismAS
alternative form (rare)Anglosaxon
Noun
pluralAnglo-Saxons
Adjective
comparativemore Anglo-Saxon
superlativemost Anglo-Saxon

Origin of Anglo-Saxon

From Anglo- + Saxon, from Latin Anglosaxones (Anglo-Saxones), Latin Anglī Saxōnēs (literally “the English Saxons”), as distinguished from the Continental Saxons. Displaced native Old English Angelseaxan.

Words formed from Anglo-Saxon

Words that rhyme with Anglo-Saxon

Questions about Anglo-Saxon

What does Anglo-Saxon mean?
Anglo-Saxon means synonym of Old English (language).
What is Anglo-Saxon in Hindi?
Anglo-Saxon in Hindi is आंग्ल सैक्सन (āṅgla saiksan). See Anglo-Saxon meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Anglo-Saxon?
Anglo-Saxon can be a proper noun, a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce Anglo-Saxon?
Anglo-Saxon is pronounced /ˌæŋɡləʊˈsæksən/ (UK).

Words near Anglo-Saxon in the dictionary

  1. Anglo-Nubian
  2. Anglo-Nubian goat
  3. Anglo-Nubian goats
  4. Anglo-Nubians
  5. Anglo-Palestinian
  6. Anglo-Saxon
  7. Anglo-Saxon America
  8. Anglo-Saxondom
  9. Anglo-Saxonism
  10. Anglo-Saxonisms
  11. Anglo-Saxonist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Anglo-Saxon (page history and authors); Anglo-Saxon (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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