Anglo-Saxon

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Anglo-Saxon

  1. The inflected ancestor language of modern English, also called Old English, spoken in Britain from about 400 AD to 1100 AD.

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Anglo-Saxon (plural Anglo-Saxons)

  1. Germanic peoples inhabiting medieval England.
  2. (US) A person of British or North European descent.
  3. (US, Mexican-American) A light-skinned person presumably of British or other European appearance; a white person.

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Anglo-Saxon (comparative more Anglo-Saxon, superlative most Anglo-Saxon)

  1. Related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language.
  2. Related to nations which speak primarily English; especially United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia.
  3. (politics) Favouring a liberal free market economy.
  4. (US) Descended from white English or North European settlers.

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SIL entry for Anglo-Saxon, IS 639-3 code ang

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