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Anglo-Saxon

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(1):

(n.) The language of the English people before the Conquest (sometimes called Old English). See Saxon.

(2):

(n.) The Teutonic people (Angles, Saxons, Jutes) of England, or the English people, collectively, before the Norman Conquest.

(3):

(n.) A Saxon of Britain, that is, an English Saxon, or one the Saxons who settled in England, as distinguished from a continental (or "Old") Saxon.

(4):

(a.) Of or pertaining to the Anglo-Saxons or their language.

(5):

(n.) One of the race or people who claim descent from the Saxons, Angles, or other Teutonic tribes who settled in England; a person of English descent in its broadest sense.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Anglo-Saxon'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/anglo-saxon.html. 1828.
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