Anglo-Saxon
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[edit] English
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- 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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Old English
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Anglo-Saxon (plural Anglo-Saxons)
- Germanic peoples inhabiting medieval England.
- (US) A person of British or North European descent.
- (US, Mexican-American) A light-skinned person presumably of British or other European appearance; a white person.
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Germanic peoples inhabiting mediæval England
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person of British or North European descent
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Anglo-Saxon (comparative more Anglo-Saxon, superlative most Anglo-Saxon)
- Related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language.
- Related to nations which speak primarily English; especially United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia.
- (politics) Favouring a liberal free market economy.
- (US) Descended from white English or North European settlers.
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related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language
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related to nations which speak primarily English
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favouring a liberal free market economy
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descended from white English or North European settlers
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SIL entry for Anglo-Saxon, IS 639-3 code ang