Saxon

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[edit] Etymology

From French Saxon, from Latin Saxonem, from West Proto-Germanic *Saxon- ( > Old English Seaxan), probably originally a derivative of *sahsom (“‘knife’”).

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Singular
Saxon

Plural
-

Saxon

  1. A member of an ancient northern Germanic tribe, that invaded England, together with Angles and Frisians about the year 600
  2. A native of Saxony
  3. The language of the ancient Saxons

[edit] Translations

member of Saxon tribe
native of Saxony
language of the Saxons

[edit] Adjective

Saxon

  1. Of, or relating to the Saxons, Saxony, or the Saxon language

[edit] Translations

of Saxons, Saxony or Saxon language
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