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Anglo-Saxon
1: a member of the Germanic peoples conquering England in the fifth century a.d. and forming the ruling class until the Norman conquest
— compare angle, jute, saxon2 a: englishman
; specifically : a person descended from the Anglo-Saxons b: a white gentile of an English-speaking nation3: old english 14: direct plain English
; especially : English using words considered crude or vulgar
— Anglo–Saxon adjective
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