adj
Meaning 1
Related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language.
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adj
Related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language.
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adj
Related to nations which speak primarily English and are influenced by English culture and customs, especially Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom and the United States.
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adj
Favouring a liberal free-market economy.
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Topics: government, politics
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adj
Descended from some other North European settlers like the British (English).
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name
Synonym of Old English (language).
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Usage: archaic
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name
Synonym of Old English (language).
Old English free of any foreign borrowings (as from Old Norse or Norman French).
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Usage: archaic, often, specifically
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name
Profanity, especially words derived from Old English.
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Usage: informal
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noun
A member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century.
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noun
A person of English ethnic descent.
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noun
A lightskinned or blond-haired person presumably of North European descent like British.
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Qualifier: Mexican-American
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adjective
of or relating to the Anglo-Saxons or their language
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noun
English prior to about 1100
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Synonyms: Old English
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Broader terms: English, English language
Narrower terms: West Saxon, Anglian, Kentish, Jutish
noun
a native or inhabitant of England prior to the Norman Conquest
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Broader terms: English person
noun
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'
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Broader terms: English person
History
From Anglo- + Saxon, from Latin Anglosaxones (Anglo-Saxones), Latin Anglī Saxōnēs (literally “the English Saxons”), as distinguished from the Continental Saxons. Displaced native Old English Angelseaxan.
Across languages
165 source translations are retained for this English entry.