Anglo-Saxon
See also: anglosaxon and anglo-saxon
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Anglo- + Saxon, from Latin Anglosaxones (Anglo-Saxones), Latin Angli Saxones (literally “the English Saxons”), as distinguished from the Continental Saxons.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˌæŋ.ɡləʊˈsæk.sən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˌæŋ.ɡloʊˈsæk.sən/
- Rhymes: -æksən
- Hyphenation: An‧glo‧Sax‧on
Proper noun
- (now rare) Synonym of Old English (language).
- Meronyms: Anglian, Kentish, Mercian, Northumbrian, West Saxon
- (informal) Profanity, especially words derived from Old English.
- 1995, Margaret Edson, Wit:
- I haven't eaten in two days. What's left to puke? You may remark that my vocabulary has taken a turn for the Anglo-Saxon.
- 2008, Zagreus Mike Luoma, Neo-gnosis, →ISBN:
- How fucked up is that? (Pardon my Anglo-Saxon)
Translations
Old English — see Old English
See also
Noun
Anglo-Saxon (plural Anglo-Saxons)
- A member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century.
- (US) A person of English ethnic descent.
- (US, Mexican-American) A light-skinned and/or blond-haired person presumably of North European descent like British.
Derived terms
Translations
member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
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person of English ethnic descent
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Adjective
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 and are influenced by English culture and customs; especially Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom and United States.[1]
- 1963, Claude Lévy-Strauss, translated by Claire Jacobson and Brooke Schoepf, Structural Anthropology, New York: Basic Books, page 2:
- [...] Ethnography thus aims at record-
ing as accurately as possible the respective modes of life of various
groups. Ethnology, on the other hand, utilizes for comparative
purposes (the nature of which will be explained below) the data
provided by the ethnographer. Thus, ethnography has the same
meaning in all countries, and ethnology corresponds approximately
to what is known in Anglo-Saxon countries—where the term eth-
nology has become obsolete—as social or cultural anthropology.
- (politics) Favouring a liberal free-market economy.
- (US) Descended from some other North European settlers like the British (English).
Translations
favouring a liberal free market economy
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descended from white English or North European settlers
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See also
Further reading
SIL entry for Anglo-Saxon, ISO 639-3 code ang
- “Anglo-Saxon”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- Anglophone countries, Anglo-Saxon countries, English-speaking countries, Anglosphere at Google Ngram Viewer
- ^ “Anglo-Saxon”, in Cambridge Dictionary, Cambridge University Press, 2012 December 6 (last accessed)
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