Word Meaning

Meaning of anglo saxon

- 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.
- The Teutonic people (Angles, Saxons, Jutes) of England, or the English people, collectively, before the Norman Conquest.
- The language of the English people before the Conquest (sometimes called Old English). See Saxon.
- 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.
- Of or pertaining to the Anglo-Saxons or their language.