a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons; dominant in England until the Norman Conquest
A member of an ancient West Germanic tribe that lived at the eastern North Sea coast and south of it.
of or relating to or characteristic of the early Saxons or Anglo-Saxons and their descendents (especially the English or Lowland Scots) and their language
"Saxon princes"
"for greater clarity choose a plain Saxon term instead of a latinate one"
Of or relating to the Saxons.
The language of the ancient Saxons.
The word "Saxon" comes from Old English and Old French terms referring to the people. Its roots trace back to a Proto-Germanic word meaning "knife" or "rock," which itself derives from an ancient Indo-European root for "to cut."