Anglo-Saxon
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Anglo-Saxon
- /ˌæŋɡləʊˈsæksən/ UK
- /ˌaŋɡləwˈsaksən/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ˌaŋɡloˈsaksən/ Scotland
- /ˌaŋɡloːˈsaksən/ Wales
- /ˌænɡloʊˈsæksən/ US
Rhymes with -æksən
Where it comes from
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.
proper noun Anglosaxon · AS
- Synonym of Old English (language).
- Old English free of any foreign borrowings (as from Old Norse or Norman French).
- 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 them
noun Anglo-Saxons · Anglosaxon · AS
- A member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century.
- A person of English ethnic descent.
- A lightskinned or blond-haired person presumably of North European descent like British.
adjective more Anglo-Saxon · most Anglo-Saxon · Anglosaxon · AS
- Related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language.
- 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 same
- Favouring a liberal free-market economy.
- Descended from some other North European settlers like the British (English).
