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Anglo-Saxon
WIKTIONARY
Anglo-Saxon
Proper noun
  • The inflected ancestor language of modern English, also called Old English, spoken in Britain from about 400 AD to 1100 AD.
Noun
  • A member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century.
  • A person of English ethnic descent. US
  • A light-skinned person presumably of North European descent like British. US, Mexican-American
  • Profanity, especially words derived from Old English. informal
Adjective
  • Related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language.
  • Related to nations which speak primarily English and influenced by English customs; especially the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia.
  • Favouring a liberal free market economy. politics
  • Descended from some other North European settlers like the British (English). US