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Anglo-Saxon

adj · name · noun · 14 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌæŋɡləʊˈsæksən/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /ˌaŋɡləwˈsaksən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Scotland: /ˌaŋɡloˈsaksən/
  • Wales: /ˌaŋɡloːˈsaksən/ without the toe–tow merger
  • US: /ˌænɡloʊˈsæksən/
  • rhymes with -æksən

1

adj

Meaning 1

Related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

adj

Meaning 2

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

adj

Meaning 3

Favouring a liberal free-market economy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, politics

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Descended from some other North European settlers like the British (English).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

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Synonyms: none provided

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5

name

Meaning 5

Synonym of Old English (language).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: Old English

Antonyms: none provided

6

name

Meaning 6

Synonym of Old English (language).

Old English free of any foreign borrowings (as from Old Norse or Norman French).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, often, specifically

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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7

name

Meaning 7

Profanity, especially words derived from Old English.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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8

noun

Meaning 8

A member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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9

noun

Meaning 9

A person of English ethnic descent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

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Synonyms: none provided

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10

noun

Meaning 10

A lightskinned or blond-haired person presumably of North European descent like British.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

Qualifier: Mexican-American

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11

adjective

Meaning 11

of or relating to the Anglo-Saxons or their language

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Anglo-Saxon poetry
  • The Anglo-Saxon population of Scotland

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

English prior to about 1100

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Old English

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: English, English language

Narrower terms: West Saxon, Anglian, Kentish, Jutish

13

noun

Meaning 13

a native or inhabitant of England prior to the Norman Conquest

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Broader terms: English person

14

noun

Meaning 14

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'

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • in the ninth century the Vikings began raiding the Anglo-Saxons in Britain
  • his ancestors were not just British, they were Anglo-Saxons

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: English person

History

Etymology

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

Translations

165 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: anglosakson — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Arabic: أَنْجْلُوسَكْسُونِيّ (ʔanglusaksuniyy) — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Armenian: անգլո-սաքսոնական (anglo-sakʻsonakan) — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Belarusian: англасаксо́нскі (anhlasaksónski) — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Bulgarian: англосаксо́нски (anglosaksónski) — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Catalan: anglosaxó — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 盎格魯-撒克遜 /盎格鲁-撒克逊 (Ànggélǔ-Sākèxùn) — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Czech: anglosaský — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Danish: angelsaksisk — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Dutch: Angelsaksisch — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Esperanto: anglosaksa — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Finnish: anglosaksilainen — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • French: anglo-saxon — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Galician: anglosaxón — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • German: angelsächsisch — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Greek: αγγλοσαξονικός (anglosaxonikós) — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Greek: αγγλοσαξωνικός (anglosaxonikós) — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Hungarian: angolszász — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Irish: Angla-Shacsanach — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Italian: anglosassone — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Kazakh: англосаксондық (añlosaksondyq) — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Latvian: anglosakšu — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Lithuanian: anglosaksų — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Macedonian: англосаксонски (anglosaksonski) — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Malay: Inggeris Saxon — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Manx: Anglo-Hostnagh — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: angelsaksisk — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: angelsaksisk — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Polish: anglosaski — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Portuguese: anglo-saxão — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Portuguese: anglo-saxónico — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Portuguese: anglo-saxônico — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Romanian: anglosaxon — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Romanian: anglosaxonic — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Russian: англосаксо́нский (anglosaksónskij) — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Serbo-Croatian: англо̀саскӣ — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Serbo-Croatian: англоса̀ксо̄нскӣ — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Serbo-Croatian: anglòsaskī — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Serbo-Croatian: anglosàksōnskī — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Slovak: anglosaský — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Slovene: anglosaški — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Spanish: anglosajón — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Swedish: anglosaxisk — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Tajik: англосаксонӣ (anglosaksoni) — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Thai: แองโกล-แซกซัน — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Thai: แองโกลแซกซัน — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Ukrainian: англосаксо́нський (anhlosaksónsʹkyj) — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Vietnamese: Anh-Sắc — related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
  • Catalan: anglosaxó — related to nations which speak primarily English
  • Czech: anglosaský — related to nations which speak primarily English
  • Danish: angelsaksisk — related to nations which speak primarily English
  • Finnish: anglosaksilainen — related to nations which speak primarily English
  • Galician: anglosaxón — related to nations which speak primarily English
  • Hungarian: angolszász — related to nations which speak primarily English
  • Irish: Angla-Shacsanach — related to nations which speak primarily English
  • Macedonian: англосаксонски (anglosaksonski) — related to nations which speak primarily English
  • Malay: Inggeris Saxon — related to nations which speak primarily English
  • Portuguese: anglófono — related to nations which speak primarily English
  • Russian: англосаксо́нский (anglosaksónskij) — related to nations which speak primarily English
  • Serbo-Croatian: англо̀саскӣ — related to nations which speak primarily English
  • Serbo-Croatian: англоса̀ксо̄нскӣ — related to nations which speak primarily English
  • Serbo-Croatian: anglòsaskī — related to nations which speak primarily English
  • Serbo-Croatian: anglosàksōnskī — related to nations which speak primarily English
  • Spanish: anglosajón — related to nations which speak primarily English
  • Swedish: anglosaxisk — related to nations which speak primarily English
  • Ukrainian: англосаксо́нський (anhlosaksónsʹkyj) — related to nations which speak primarily English
  • Hungarian: angolszász — favouring a liberal free market economy
  • Russian: англосаксо́нский (anglosaksónskij) — favouring a liberal free market economy
  • Serbo-Croatian: англо̀саскӣ — favouring a liberal free market economy
  • Serbo-Croatian: англоса̀ксо̄нскӣ — favouring a liberal free market economy
  • Serbo-Croatian: anglòsaskī — favouring a liberal free market economy
  • Serbo-Croatian: anglosàksōnskī — favouring a liberal free market economy
  • Ukrainian: англосаксо́нський (anhlosaksónsʹkyj) — favouring a liberal free market economy
  • Galician: anglosaxón — descended from white English or North European settlers
  • Irish: Angla-Shacsanach — descended from white English or North European settlers
  • Macedonian: англосаксонски (anglosaksonski) — descended from white English or North European settlers
  • Malay: orang Inggeris Saxon — descended from white English or North European settlers
  • Malay: Inggeris Saxon — descended from white English or North European settlers
  • Russian: англосаксо́нский (anglosaksónskij) — descended from white English or North European settlers
  • Serbo-Croatian: англо̀саскӣ — descended from white English or North European settlers
  • Serbo-Croatian: anglòsaskī — descended from white English or North European settlers
  • Albanian: anglosakson — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Arabic: أَنْجْلُوسَكْسُونِيّ (ʔanglosaksūniyy) — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Armenian: անգլոսաքս (anglosakʻs) — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Azerbaijani: anqlosaks — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Belarusian: англаса́кс (anhlasáks) — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Bulgarian: англосаксо́нец (anglosaksónec) — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Bulgarian: англосаксо́нка (anglosaksónka) — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Catalan: anglosaxó — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Catalan: anglosaxona — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Chinese Mandarin: 盎格魯-撒克遜人 /盎格鲁-撒克逊人 (Ànggélǔ-Sākèxùn rén) — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Czech: Anglosas — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Danish: angelsakser — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Dutch: Angelsaks — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Estonian: anglosaksi — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Finnish: anglosaksi — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • French: Anglo-Saxon — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • French: Anglosaxon — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • French: Anglo-Saxonne — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • French: Anglosaxonne — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Georgian: ანგლოსაქსი (anglosaksi) — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • German: Angelsachse — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • German: Angelsächsin — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Greek: Αγγλοσάξονας (Anglosáxonas) — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Greek: Αγγλοσάξωνας (Anglosáxonas) — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Hindi: आंग्ल सैक्सन (āṅgla saiksan) — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Irish: Angla-Shacsanach — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Italian: anglosassone — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Japanese: アングロサクソン (Anguro-Sakuson) — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Kazakh: англосакс (añlosaks) — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Korean: 앵글로색슨인 (aenggeullosaekseunin) — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Korean: 앵글로색슨 사람 (aenggeullosaekseun saram) — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Kyrgyz: англосакс (anglosaks) — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Latin: Anglosaxones — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Latvian: anglosaksis — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Lithuanian: anglosaksas — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Macedonian: Англосаксонец (Anglosaksonec) — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Macedonian: Англосаксонка (Anglosaksonka) — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Malay: orang Inggeris Saxon — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Malay: Inggeris Saxon — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Norwegian Bokmål: angelsakser — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: angelsaksar — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Persian: آنگلوساکسون (ânglôsâksôn) — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Polish: Anglosas — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Portuguese: anglo-saxão — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Romanian: anglosaxon — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Russian: англоса́кс (anglosáks) — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Serbo-Croatian: Англосаксо́нац — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Serbo-Croatian: Англосаксонка — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Serbo-Croatian: Anglosaksónac — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Serbo-Croatian: Anglosaksonka — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Slovak: Anglosas — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Slovene: Anglosas — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Slovene: Anglosasinja — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Spanish: anglosajón — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Spanish: anglosajona — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Swedish: anglosaxare — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Swedish: angelsaxare — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Tajik: англосакс (anglosaks) — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Turkish: Anglosakson — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Ottoman Turkish: آنغلو ساقسون (Anglo Sakson) — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Ottoman Turkish: آنغلوساقسون (Anglosakson) — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Ukrainian: англоса́кс (anhlosáks) — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Uzbek: anglosaks — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Vietnamese: người Anh-Sắc — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Welsh: Eingl-Sacson — member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
  • Catalan: anglosaxó — person of English ethnic descent
  • Catalan: anglosaxona — person of English ethnic descent
  • Czech: Anglosas — person of English ethnic descent
  • Finnish: anglosaksilainen — person of English ethnic descent
  • German: Angelsachse — person of English ethnic descent
  • German: Angelsächsin — person of English ethnic descent
  • Irish: Angla-Shacsanach — person of English ethnic descent
  • Macedonian: Англосаксонец (Anglosaksonec) — person of English ethnic descent
  • Macedonian: Англосаксонка (Anglosaksonka) — person of English ethnic descent
  • Malay: orang Inggeris Saxon — person of English ethnic descent
  • Malay: Inggeris Saxon — person of English ethnic descent
  • Portuguese: anglo-saxão — person of English ethnic descent
  • Romanian: anglosaxon — person of English ethnic descent
  • Romanian: anglosaxonă — person of English ethnic descent
  • Serbo-Croatian: Англосаксо́нац — person of English ethnic descent
  • Serbo-Croatian: Англосаксонка — person of English ethnic descent
  • Serbo-Croatian: Anglosaksónac — person of English ethnic descent
  • Serbo-Croatian: Anglosaksonka — person of English ethnic descent
  • Swedish: anglosaxare — person of English ethnic descent
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