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Webster 1913 Edition

Saxon

Sax′on

(săks′ŭn or -’n)
,
Noun.
[L.
Saxo
, pl.
Saxones
, from the Saxon national name; cf. AS. pl.
Seaxe
,
Seaxan
, fr.
seax
a knife, a short sword, a dagger (akin to OHG.
sahs
, and perhaps to L.
saxum
rock, stone, knives being originally made of stone); and cf. G.
Sachse
, pl.
Sachsen
. Cf.
Saxifrage
.]
1.
(a)
One of a nation or people who formerly dwelt in the northern part of Germany, and who, with other Teutonic tribes, invaded and conquered England in the fifth and sixth centuries.
(b)
Also used in the sense of Anglo-Saxon.
(c)
A native or inhabitant of modern Saxony.
2.
The language of the Saxons; Anglo-Saxon.
Old Saxon
,
the Saxon of the continent of Europe in the old form of the language, as shown particularly in the “Heliand”, a metrical narration of the gospel history preserved in manuscripts of the 9th century.

Sax′on

,
Adj.
Of or pertaining to the Saxons, their country, or their language.
(b)
Anglo-Saxon.
(c)
Of or pertaining to Saxony or its inhabitants.
Saxon blue
(Dyeing)
,
a deep blue liquid used in dyeing, and obtained by dissolving indigo in concentrated sulphuric acid.
Brande & C.
–
Saxon green
(Dyeing)
,
a green color produced by dyeing with yellow upon a ground of Saxon blue.

Webster 1828 Edition

Saxon

SAX'ON

, n.
1.
One of the nation or people who formerly dwelt in the northern part of Germany, and who invaded and conquered England in the fifth and sixth centuries. The Welsh still call the English Saesons.
2.
The language of the Saxons.

SAX'ON

,
Adj.
Pertaining to the Saxons, to their country, or to their language.

Definition 2024

Saxon

Saxon

See also: saxon

English

Noun

Saxon ‎(plural Saxons)

  1. A member of an ancient West Germanic tribe that lived at the eastern North Sea coast and south of it.
  2. A native or inhabitant of Saxony.
    • 2002, Jonathan Grix, Paul Cooke, East German distinctiveness in a unified Germany, page 142:
      [...] in West Germany Saxony and Saxons became synonymous with Ulbricht's Communist regime, [...]
    • 2005, Judd Stitziel, Fashioning socialism: clothing, politics, and consumer culture, page 69:
      The film taught that socialist competition, through encouraging the collaboration of both men and women and Saxons and Berliners, could overcome the natural antagonism between male industrial mass production and female fashion.
    • 2008, Eckbert Schulz-Schomburgk, From Leipzig to Venezuela, page 40:
      Dealing with people there was different from the way I dealt with Saxons, Berliners and others back in Leipzig.
  3. (uncountable, US printing, rare, dated) A size of type between German and Norse, 2-point type.
  4. (Ireland, Wales, poetic) An English/British person.
    • 1973, Sean McCarthy, Shanagolden (song):
      Then came the call to arms, love, the heather was aflame / Down from the silent mountains, the Saxon strangers came.
  5. A kind of rapidly spinning ground-based firework.

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Proper noun

Saxon

  1. The language of the ancient Saxons.
  2. The dialect of modern German spoken in Saxony.
    • 2014, Marco Polo, Dresden Marco Polo Guide (ISBN 382970755X), page 21:
      Not everyone from the former GDR states are Saxons – and they do not all speak Saxon, […]
    • 2014, Gaston Dorren, Lingo: A Language Spotter's Guide to Europe (ISBN 1782831398):
      But does this mean that Germans nowadays speak Saxon? Far from it, in fact; Saxon is the most widely despised dialect in Germany, by a wide margin.
  3. A surname​.
  4. A male given name of modern usage, from the surname, or directly from the noun Saxon.

Translations

Adjective

Saxon ‎(not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the Saxons.
  2. Of or relating to Saxony.
  3. Of or relating to the Saxon language.
  4. (Ireland, Wales, poetic) Of our relating to England, typically as opposed to a Celtic nationality.

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See also

Anagrams

saxon

saxon

See also: Saxon

French

Adjective

saxon m ‎(feminine singular saxonne, masculine plural saxons, feminine plural saxonnes)

  1. Saxon

Etymology

From Middle English *Saxon, Saxoun, from Old French *Saxoun, Saxon ‎(“Saxon”), from Late Latin Saxonem, accusative of Saxo ‎(“a Saxon”), from Proto-Germanic *Sahsô, probably originally a derivative of Proto-Germanic *sahsą ‎(“rock, knife”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- ‎(“to cut”). Cognate with Middle Low German Sasse ‎(“someone speaking Saxon, i.e. (Middle) Low German”), Old English Seaxa ‎(“a Saxon”), Old High German Sahso ‎(“a Saxon”), Icelandic Saxi ‎(“a Saxon”), Old English seax ‎(“a knife, hip-knife, an instrument for cutting, a short sword, dirk, dagger”). More at sax.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sæksən/
  • Rhymes: -æksən

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