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Anglo-Saxon

ang·lo·sa·xon

fairly common

noun

2.

a person of Anglo-Saxon (especially British) descent whose native tongue is English and whose culture is strongly influenced by English culture as in WASP for `White Anglo-Saxon Protestant'

  • “in the ninth century the Vikings began raiding the Anglo-Saxons in Britain”
  • “his ancestors were not just British, they were Anglo-Saxons”
3.

English prior to about 1100

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adjective

1.

of or relating to the Anglo-Saxons or their language

  • “Anglo-Saxon poetry”
  • “The Anglo-Saxon population of Scotland”

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