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SAXON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons; dominant in England until the Norman Conquest
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Saxon" is a kind of...):
European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Saxon"):
West Saxon (an inhabitant of Wessex)
Instance hyponyms:
Athelstan (the first Saxon ruler who extended his kingdom to include nearly all of England (895-939))
Derivation:
Saxon (of or relating to or characteristic of the early Saxons or Anglo-Saxons and their descendents (especially the English or Lowland Scots) and their language)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or characteristic of the early Saxons or Anglo-Saxons and their descendents (especially the English or Lowland Scots) and their language
Example:
for greater clarity choose a plain Saxon term instead of a latinate one
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Domain region:
England (a division of the United Kingdom)
Pertainym:
Saxon (a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons; dominant in England until the Norman Conquest)
Derivation:
Saxon (a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons; dominant in England until the Norman Conquest)
Context examples:
There are but two boughs left upon this old, old Saxon trunk.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
In the population of Transylvania there are four distinct nationalities: Saxons in the South, and mixed with them the Wallachs, who are the descendants of the Dacians; Magyars in the West, and Szekelys in the East and North.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
He knows more now about the world, and life, and man's place, and all the rest, than Arthur, or Norman, or I, or you, too, for that matter, and in spite of all our Latin, and French, and Saxon, and culture.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
He pushed on the quicker, twirling his staff merrily, and looking out at every turn of the path for some sign of the old Saxon residence.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Little enough, good father, little enough,” said the novice, speaking English with a broad West Saxon drawl.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Quiet, little one, or you may do yourself a hurt. Must pay Saxon toll on Saxon land, my proud Maude, for all your airs and graces.”
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
And Ford, they are of a south Saxon stock, and of good repute.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A quick cross-fire of greetings and questions and rough West Saxon jests flew from rank to rank, or were bandied about betwixt the marching archers and the gazing crowd.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Never did choice or dainty ditty of Provence or Languedoc sound more sweetly in the ears than did the rough-tongued Saxon to the six who strained their ears from the blazing keep.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“God guard thee, my lord!” she answered, speaking in the broadest West Saxon speech, and balancing herself first on one foot and then on the other in her bashfulness.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
