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SAXE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An area in Germany around the upper Elbe river; the original home of the Saxons

Synonyms:

Sachsen; Saxe; Saxony

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A French marshal who distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession (1696-1750)

Synonyms:

comte de Saxe; Hermann Maurice Saxe; Marshal Saxe; Saxe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

full general; general (a general officer of the highest rank)

marshal; marshall ((in some countries) a military officer of highest rank)

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