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Saxton

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From Old English Seaxe (“Saxons”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

proper noun Saxtons

  1. countable, uncountable A village in Saxton with Scarthingwell parish, Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4736).
  2. countable, uncountable A suburb of Nelson, New Zealand.
  3. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Whitley County, Kentucky, United States.
  4. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Missouri, United States.
  5. countable, uncountable A borough in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  6. countable A habitational surname from Old English.

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"Saxton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/saxton. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Saxton. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/saxton

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"Saxton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/saxton.

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@misc{saxton_2026,
  title = {Saxton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/saxton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}