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Saxon
- /ˈsæksən/
Rhymes with -æksən
Where it comes from
Partially from Middle English Saxe, Sax; from Old English *Seaxa (attested in plural Seaxan), from Proto-West Germanic *Sahsan, plural of Proto-West Germanic *Sahsō. Also from Saxoun, through Old French *Saxoun, Saxon (“Saxon”), from Late Latin Saxōnem, accusative of Saxō (“a Saxon”). All from Proto-West Germanic *sahs, from Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“rock, knife”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). Doublet of Sais.
Cognates
Cognate with Middle Low German sasse (“someone speaking Saxon, i.e. (Middle) Low German”), Old English Seaxa (“a Saxon”), Old High German Sahso (“a Saxon”), Icelandic Saxi (“a Saxon”), Estonian saks (“lord; German”), Finnish Saksa (“Germany”). Also cognate to Old English seax (“a knife, hip-knife, an instrument for cutting, a short sword, dirk, dagger”); more at sax.
noun Saxons
- A member of an ancient West Germanic tribe that lived at the eastern North Sea coast and south of it. Kenett states that the military works still known by the name of Tadmarten Camp and Hook-Norton Barrow were cast up at this time ; the former, large and round, is judged to be a fortification of the Danes, and the latter, being smaller and rather a quinquangle than a square, of the Saxons.
- A native or inhabitant of Saxony, Germany. [...] in West Germany Saxony and Saxons became synonymous with Ulbricht's Communist regime, [...]
- An English/British person. Then came the call to arms, love, the heather was aflame / Down from the silent mountains, the Saxon strangers came.
- A size of type between German and Norse, 2-point type.
- A kind of rapidly spinning ground-based firework.
proper noun
- The language of the ancient Saxons.
- Upper Saxon, a dialect of modern High German spoken in Saxony. Not everyone from the former GDR states are Saxons – and they do not all speak Saxon, […]
- A surname.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage or directly from the noun Saxon.
- A census-designated place in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Iron County, Wisconsin, United States.
- A municipality in Martigny district, Valais canton, Switzerland.
adjective more Saxon · most Saxon
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Saxons. But his bitch queen was Saxon to the bone and her legacy showed in the sons that Vortigern bred off her. Katigern Minor might be young, but he has become what his grandfather never was – more Saxon than Celt.
- Of, from or relating to Saxony, Germany.
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Saxon language.
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of England, typically as opposed to a Celtic nationality. He was a large, very Saxon type of man; that is to say, an English one, having shed the vices and cruelties and developed the patience and cool-headedness.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: saxony, sachsen, anglo-saxon, old english, old saxon, low german, west saxon, middle saxon, upper saxon, saxonian, saxonish, teuton, teutonic, germanic, west germanic, early english
Translations
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noun member of Saxon tribe
| Español | sajón |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 색슨인 saekseunin |
| 日本語 | サクソン人 sakusonjin |
| हिन्दी | सैक्सन saiksan |
| Português | saxão, saxônio, saxônico |
| Deutsch | Sachse |
| Italiano | sassone |
| Ελληνικά | Σάξονας Sáxonas |
| Română | saxon |
| Русский | сакс saks |
noun native or inhabitant of Saxony
| Español | sajón, sajona |
|---|---|
| Português | saxão, saxônio |
| Français | Saxon, Saxonne |
| Deutsch | Sachse, Sächsin |
| Italiano | sassone |
| Русский | саксо́нец saksónec, саксо́нка saksónka |
noun 2-point type
| Deutsch | Non Plus Ultra, Viertelpetit |
|---|
name language of the Saxons
| 日本語 | サクソン語 sakuson go |
|---|---|
| Português | saxão, saxônico |
| Deutsch | Sächsisch, Altsächsisch |
Talk about this word "Saxon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/saxon. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Saxon. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/saxon "Saxon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/saxon.Cite this
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title = {Saxon},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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