Saxon
['sæksən]
Definition
(noun.) a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons; dominant in England until the Norman Conquest.
(adj.) of or relating to or characteristic of the early Saxons or Anglo-Saxons and their descendents (especially the English or Lowland Scots) and their language; 'Saxon princes'; 'for greater clarity choose a plain Saxon term instead of a latinate one' .
Edited by Jonathan--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One of a nation or people who formerly dwelt in the northern part of Germany, and who, with other Teutonic tribes, invaded and conquered England in the fifth and sixth centuries.
(n.) Also used in the sense of Anglo-Saxon.
(n.) A native or inhabitant of modern Saxony.
(n.) The language of the Saxons; Anglo-Saxon.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the Saxons, their country, or their language.
(a.) Anglo-Saxon.
(a.) Of or pertaining to Saxony or its inhabitants.
Edited by Carmella
Definition
n. one of the people of North Germany who conquered England in the 5th and 6th centuries: the language of the Saxons: one of the English race: a native or inhabitant of Saxony in its later German sense: a Lowlander of Scotland: modern English.—adj. pertaining to the Saxons their language country or architecture.—n. Sax′ondom the Anglo-Saxon world.—adj. Saxon′ic.—v.t. Sax′onise to impregnate with Saxon ideas.—ns. Sax′onism a Saxon idiom; Sax′onist a Saxon scholar.—Saxon architecture a style of building in England before the Norman Conquest marked by the peculiar 'long and short' work of the quoins the projecting fillets running up the face of the walls and interlacing like woodwork and the baluster-like shafts between the openings of the upper windows resembling the turned woodwork of the period; Saxon blue a deep liquid blue used in dyeing; Saxon green a green colour; Saxon shore (Litus Saxonicum) in Roman times the coast districts of Britain from Brighton northwards to the Wash peculiarly exposed to the attacks of the Saxons from across the North Sea and therefore placed under the authority of a special officer the 'Count of the Saxon Shore.'
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Examples
- A forfeit--a forfeit, shouted the robbers; a Saxon hath thirty zecchins, and returns sober from a village! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I will wait till I see the Anglo-Saxon brushing away harlotry with a toothbrush. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- What thinkst thou of gaining fair lands and livings, by wedding a Saxon, after the fashion of the followers of the Conqueror? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Neither, said Front-de-Boeuf, belong to this Saxon's company. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Mr Lightwood murmured 'Vigorous Saxon spirit--Mrs Boffin's ancestors--bowmen--Agincourt and Cressy. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Yet think not that I care for thy company, or propose myself advantage by it; remain here if thou wilt--Cedric the Saxon may protect thee. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Saxon or Jew, answered the Prince, Saxon or Jew, dog or hog, what matters it? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The noble and solemn air with which Rebecca made this appeal, gave it double weight with the fair Saxon. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- It was felt at once that the mouth did not come over from Sleswig with a band of Saxon pirates whose lips met like the two halves of a muffin. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I would see your Saxon kindred together, Sir Wilfred, and become better acquainted with them than heretofore. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Yet, bethink thee, noble Saxon, said the knight, thou hast neither hauberk, nor corslet, nor aught but that light helmet, target, and sword. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- When at length a real emperor reappears in Western Europe (962), he is not a Frank, but a Saxon; the conquered in Germany have become the masters. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But Matilda, though of the royal Saxon blood, was not the heir to the monarchy. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Oh, a Norman saw will soon cut a Saxon collar. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The other appointments of the mansion partook of the rude simplicity of the Saxon period, which Cedric piqued himself upon maintaining. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- In Britain Latin was practically wiped out by the conquering Anglo-Saxons, from among whose various dialects the root stock of English presently grew. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- These pagan Saxons and English of the mainland and their kindred from Denmark and Norway are the Danes and Northmen of our national histories. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Saxons started from the table, and hastened to the window. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- These Anglo-Saxons were as yet not Christianized. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Is it too much that two Saxons, myself and the noble Athelstane, should hold land in the country which was once the patrimony of our race? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- He reviled them as Saxons and snobs at the very top pitch of his high Celtic voice; they taunted him with being the native of a conquered land. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Indeed the ideas of the Saxons on these occasions were as natural as they were rude. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Another group, stationed under the gallery occupied by the Saxons, had shown no less interest in the fate of the day. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- We have noted the peculiar bias of the early Anglo-Saxons and Northmen against the monks and nuns. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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