Main Entry:

Sax·on

Pronunciation:

\ˈsak-sən\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Middle English, from Late Latin Saxones Saxons, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English Seaxan Saxons

Date:

13th century

1 a (1): a member of a Germanic people that entered and conquered England with the Angles and Jutes in the fifth century a.d. and merged with them to form the Anglo-Saxon people (2): an Englishman or lowlander as distinguished from a Welshman, Irishman, or Highlander b: a native or inhabitant of Saxony2 a: the Germanic language or dialect of any of the Saxon peoples b: the Germanic element in the English language especially as distinguished from the French and Latin

— Saxon adjective