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   Saxon

   /ˈsaksn/

   noun

   • 1. a member of a people that inhabited parts of central and northern Germany from Roman times, many of whom conquered and settled in much of southern England in the 5th–6th centuries.
   • ▪ a native of modern Saxony in Germany.
   • 2. the West Germanic language of the ancient Saxons.
   • ▪ another term for Old English
   • ▪ the Low German dialect of modern Saxony.

   adjective

   • 1. relating to the Anglo-Saxons, their language (Old English), or their period of dominance in England (5th–11th centuries).
   • ▪ relating to or denoting the style of early Romanesque architecture preceding the Norman in England.
   • 2. relating to Saxony or the continental Saxons or their language.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin and Greek Saxones (plural), of West Germanic origin; related to Old English Seaxan, Seaxe (plural), perhaps from the base of sax2.

   Derivatives

   • 1. Saxondom noun
   • 2. Saxonism noun
   • 3. Saxonist noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • S

     1

   • A

     1

   • X

     8

   • O

     1

   • N

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