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Anglo-Saxonry

Anglo-Saxonry noun: the Anglo-Saxon descendant populations of the world collectively.

Noun

Anglo-Saxonry (countable and uncountable, plural Anglo-Saxonries)

  1. (uncountable) The Anglo-Saxon descendant populations of the world collectively.
    • Juell Demming is a somewhat bewildering argument in favor of an Anglo-Saxon union, or, as its author prefers to call it, of Anglo-Saxonry.1902, The Book Buyer, page 582
    • Englishness, Anglo-Saxonry, becomes, as I have already hinted, his ruling prejudice, an unconscious substitute for, a psychological equivalent of, religious faith.1957, Claude Bissell, Our Living Tradition
    Synonyms:
    Anglo-Saxondom
  2. (countable) An Anglo-Saxonism.
    • Not for him the Anglo-Saxonries of William Barnes or of the 1890s.1986, John Lucas, Modern English Poetry

Synonyms of Anglo-Saxonry

Forms of Anglo-Saxonry

pluralAnglo-Saxonries

Origin of Anglo-Saxonry

From Anglo-Saxon + -ry.

Questions about Anglo-Saxonry

What does Anglo-Saxonry mean?
Anglo-Saxonry means the Anglo-Saxon descendant populations of the world collectively.
What part of speech is Anglo-Saxonry?
Anglo-Saxonry is a noun.
What is the plural of Anglo-Saxonry?
The plural of Anglo-Saxonry is Anglo-Saxonries.

Words near Anglo-Saxonry in the dictionary

  1. Anglo-Saxonize
  2. Anglo-Saxonized
  3. Anglo-Saxonizes
  4. Anglo-Saxonizing
  5. Anglo-Saxonries
  6. Anglo-Saxonry
  7. Anglo-Saxons
  8. Anglo-Saxony
  9. Anglo-Vernacular
  10. anglocentric
  11. Anglocentrically

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