ALL meanings of saxon
Sax·on
S s - proper noun saxon sb from ancient Germanic tribe 1
- proper noun saxon sb from Saxony 1
- proper noun saxon dialect of Saxony 1
- adjective saxon of ancient Germanic tribe 1
- noun saxon a member of a Germanic people in ancient times dwelling near the mouth of the Elbe, a portion of whom invaded and occupied parts of Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries. 1
- noun saxon the Old English dialects of the regions settled by the Saxons. 1
- noun saxon a native or inhabitant of Saxony in modern Germany. 1
- noun saxon an English person; Britisher. 1
- noun saxon an Anglo-Saxon. 1
- noun saxon (not in scholarly use) the Old English language. 1
- noun saxon a member of the royal house of Germany that ruled from 919 to 1024. 1
- adjective saxon of or relating to the early Saxons or their language. 1
- adjective saxon of or relating to Saxony in modern Germany. 1
- adjective saxon English (defs 1, 2). 1
- countable noun saxon In former times, Saxons were members of a West Germanic tribe. Some members of this tribe settled in Britain and were known as Anglo-Saxons. 0
- adjective saxon Something that is Saxon is related to or characteristic of the ancient Saxons, the Anglo-Saxons, or their descendants. 0
- noun saxon a member of a West Germanic people who in Roman times spread from Schleswig across NW Germany to the Rhine. Saxons raided and settled parts of S Britain in the fifth and sixth centuries ad. In Germany they established a duchy and other dominions, which changed and shifted through the centuries, usually retaining the name Saxony 0
- noun saxon a native or inhabitant of Saxony 0
- noun saxon the Low German dialect of Saxony 0
- noun saxon any of the West Germanic dialects spoken by the ancient Saxons or their descendants 0
- adjective saxon of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient Saxons, the Anglo-Saxons, or their descendants 0
- adjective saxon of, relating to, or characteristic of Saxony, its inhabitants, or their Low German dialect 0
- noun saxon a member of an ancient Germanic people of northern Germany: some Saxons invaded and conquered parts of England in the 5th and 6th cent. a.d. 0
- noun saxon Anglo-Saxon (sense 1) Anglo-Saxon (sense 4) 0
- noun saxon a person born or living in modern Saxony 0
- noun saxon any of the Low German dialects of the Saxon peoples, as the dialect of modern Saxony 0
- adjective saxon of the Saxons or their language or culture 0
- adjective saxon English or Anglo-Saxon 0
- adjective saxon of modern Saxony 0