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Anglosaxon

Anglosaxon is the rare form of Anglo-Saxon.

Meaning of Anglo-Saxon

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.

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Forms of Anglosaxon

Noun
pluralAnglosaxons
Adjective
comparativemore Anglosaxon
superlativemost Anglosaxon

Questions about Anglosaxon

What is Anglosaxon the rare form of?
Anglosaxon is the rare form of Anglo-Saxon.

Words near Anglosaxon in the dictionary

  1. anglophones
  2. Anglophonic
  3. Anglophony
  4. Angloromani
  5. anglos
  6. Anglosaxon
  7. Anglosaxons
  8. anglosphere
  9. Anglospherian
  10. Anglospherians
  11. Anglospheric

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Anglosaxon (page history and authors); Anglo-Saxon (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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