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saxon

Sax.on \'sak-s*n\ n [ME, fr. LL Saxones Saxons, of Gmc origin; akin to OE 
   Seaxan Saxons] 1a1: a member of Germanic people entering and conquering 
   England with the A ngles and Jutes in the 5th century A.D. and merging with 
   them to form the Anglo-saxon people 1a2: an Englishman or lowlander as 
   distinguished from a Welshman, Irishman,  or Highlander 1b: a native or 
   inhabitant of Saxony  2a: the Germanic language or dialect of any of the 
   Saxon peoples  2b: the Germanic element in the English language esp. as 
   distinguished from  the French and Latin - Saxon aj