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The time is coming when the pressure of population on the means of subsistence will be felt here as it is now felt in Europe and Asia. Then will the world enter upon a new stage of its history - the final competition of races, for which the Anglo-Saxon is being schooled.
Josiah Strong

Meaning of "Anglo-Saxon" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ANGLO-SAXON

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANGLO-SAXON

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Anglo-Saxon can act as a noun and an adjective.
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WHAT DOES ANGLO-SAXON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Anglo-Saxon

Anglo-Saxons

The Anglo-Saxons were a people who inhabited Great Britain from the 5th century. They included people from Germanic tribes who migrated to the southern half of the island from continental Europe, and their descendants; as well as indigenous people who adopted the Anglo-Saxon culture and language. The Anglo-Saxon period denotes the period of British history after their initial settlement, until the Norman conquest, between about 450 and 1066. The Anglo-Saxon period includes the creation of an English nation, with many of the aspects that survive today including regional government of shires and hundreds; the re-establishment of Christianity; a flowering in literature and language; and the establishment of charters and law. The term Anglo-Saxon is also used for the language, more correctly called Old English, that was spoken and written by the Anglo-Saxons in England and eastern Scotland between at least the mid 5th century and the mid 12th century.

Definition of Anglo-Saxon in the English dictionary

The first definition of Anglo-Saxon in the dictionary is a member of any of the West Germanic tribes that settled in Britain from the 5th century ad and were dominant until the Norman conquest. Other definition of Anglo-Saxon is any White person whose native language is English and whose cultural affiliations are those common to Britain and the US. Anglo-Saxon is also plain blunt English, esp English containing taboo words.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANGLO-SAXON

Anglo
Anglo-American
Anglo-Asian
Anglo-Boer War
Anglo-Catholic
Anglo-Catholicism
Anglo-Celtic
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Anglo-French
Anglo-Indian
Anglo-Irish
Anglomania
anglomaniac
anglophil
Anglophile
Anglophilia
Anglophiliac
anglophilic
Anglophobe

WORDS THAT END LIKE ANGLO-SAXON

axon
caxon
claxon
diaxon
klaxon
monaxon
neuraxon
Old Saxon
polyaxon
Saxon
subtaxon
taxon
tetraxon
West Saxon

Synonyms and antonyms of Anglo-Saxon in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Anglo-Saxon» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ANGLO-SAXON

Find out the translation of Anglo-Saxon to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Anglo-Saxon from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Anglo-Saxon» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

盎格鲁 - 撒克逊
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Anglo - Saxon
570 millions of speakers

English

Anglo-Saxon
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एंग्लो सैक्सन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأنجلوسكسونية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Англосаксонская
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Anglo-saxão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

এংলো স্যাক্সন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Anglo-saxon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Anglo-Saxon
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Angelsächsisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アングロ·サクソン人
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

앵글로 색슨
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Anglo-Saxon
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Anglo-Saxon
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆங்கிலோ-சாக்ஸன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अँगल-सॅक्सन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Anglosakson
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Anglosassone
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Anglosaski
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Англосаксонська
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Anglo-saxon
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Anglo - Saxon
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Anglo- Saksiese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Anglo - Saxon
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Anglo - Saxon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Anglo-Saxon

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ANGLO-SAXON»

The term «Anglo-Saxon» is quite widely used and occupies the 36.873 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ANGLO-SAXON» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Anglo-Saxon

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10 QUOTES WITH «ANGLO-SAXON»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Anglo-Saxon.
1
William Jennings Bryan
Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others.
2
Terry Eagleton
The British are supposed to be particularly averse to intellectuals, a prejudice closely bound up with their dislike of foreigners. Indeed, one important source of this Anglo-Saxon distaste for highbrows and eggheads was the French revolution, which was seen as an attempt to reconstruct society on the basis of abstract rational principles.
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James Fenton
Some people think that English poetry begins with the Anglo-Saxons. I don't, because I can't accept that there is any continuity between the traditions of Anglo-Saxon poetry and those established in English poetry by the time of, say, Shakespeare. And anyway, Anglo-Saxon is a different language, which has to be learned.
4
Marcus Garvey
I regard the Klan, the Anglo-Saxon clubs and White American societies, as far as the Negro is concerned, as better friends of the race than all other groups of hypocritical whites put together.
5
Edward Grey
If the union between England and America is a powerful factor in the cause of peace, a new Triple Alliance between the Teutonic race and the two branches of the Anglo-Saxon race will be a still more potent influence in the future of the world.
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Noemie Lenoir
It is important to me that people believe in me as a model, trust in me as a model - which they do in London and New York - which is why sometimes I think I'm an Anglo-Saxon woman at heart.
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Xavier Niel
France is a fantastic country. It's between the Anglo-Saxon and Latin cultures. We have some of the Anglo-Saxon rigor, and some of the Latin quirkiness.
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Dorothy L. Sayers
Death seems to provide the minds of the Anglo-Saxon race with a greater fund of amusement than any other single subject.
9
Josiah Strong
It may be easily shown, and is of no small significance, that the two great ideas of which the Anglo-Saxon is the exponent are having a fuller development in the United States than in Great Britain.
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Josiah Strong
The time is coming when the pressure of population on the means of subsistence will be felt here as it is now felt in Europe and Asia. Then will the world enter upon a new stage of its history - the final competition of races, for which the Anglo-Saxon is being schooled.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANGLO-SAXON»

Discover the use of Anglo-Saxon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Anglo-Saxon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Fully indexed and complemented by maps and genealogical tables, this edition allows ready access to one of the prime sources of English national culture.
Michael Swanton, 1998
2
Anglo-Saxon Charters
This volume, first published in 1939, draws together a significant number of vernacular documents from early medieval England.
A. J. Robertson, 2009
3
Anglo-Saxon Psychologies in the Vernacular and Latin Traditions
While readers usually assume the metaphorical nature of such literary images, Leslie Lockett, in Anglo-Saxon Psychologies in the Vernacular and Latin Traditions, argues that these depictions are literal representations of Anglo-Saxon folk ...
Leslie Lockett, 2011
4
A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
Purely poetic words and words not common in prose are indicated, and references are given to the passages in which they occur. First published in 1894, this is a reprint of the fourth edition (Cambridge University Press, 1960).
John R. Clark Hall, Herbert Dean Meritt, 1960
5
Anglo Saxon Poetry
Anglo-saxon poetry was circulated orally in a preliterate society, and gathered at last into books over some six centuries before the Norman Conquest ended English independence. Against the odds some of these books survive today.
‎2012
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Dress in Anglo-Saxon England
Splendid...the major overview of Anglo-Saxon clothing and textile from the 5th to 11th centuries. (...) Owen-Crocker has become the authority reconstructors call upon... A wise and scholarly book. TOEBI Newsletter
Gale R. Owen-Crocker, 2010
7
The Royal Saints of Anglo-Saxon England: A Study of West ...
Within Anglo-Saxon England there was a strong and enduring tradition of royal sanctity - of men and women of royal birth who, in an age before the development of papal canonisation, came to be venerated as saints by the regional church.
Susan Janet Ridyard, 1988
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The Anglo-Saxon chronicle: a collaborative edition
Part of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Collaborative Series, which now includes editions of the main texts through from A to F.
D. N. Dumville, Susan Irvine, Simon Keynes, 2004
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Learning and Literature in Anglo-Saxon England: Studies ...
An collection of essays by specialists in the field examining Anglo-Saxon learning and text interpretation and transmission.
Michael Lapidge, Helmut Gneuss, 1985
10
Textual and Material Culture in Anglo-Saxon England: Thomas ...
Significant Anglo-Saxon papers, with postscripts, illustrate advances in knowledge of life and culture of pre-Conquest England.
D. G. Scragg, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANGLO-SAXON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Anglo-Saxon is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Truth About Christian 'Sexual Purity' — A Former Evangelical …
They are about explaining large-scale culture crises (e.g. Anglo-Saxon decline, the Cold War, changing gender roles and sexual mores) and ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
2
Dadrian: An Armenian name in an American game
In his article, "The Victimization of the American Indian," use is made of Dadrian's non-Anglo-Saxon Armenian identity to assume "an objective ... «Daily Sabah, Jul 15»
3
Hoard festival review – a rich and rewarding cache of stories
The Hoard festival commemorates the discovery, six years ago this month, of “the largest collection of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver metalwork ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
4
When slavery won't die: The oppressive Biblical mentality America …
We have to understand that this Anglo-Saxon exceptionalism is inherently violent because it is unjust particularly as it suggests that certain ... «Raw Story, Jul 15»
5
A hilarious Monty Python sketch helps explain why Greece is in a …
"Anglo-Saxon economists are guided by the utilitarian philosophy of John Stuart Mill or Jeremy Bentham, asking merely if a policy works," The ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
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Editorial: Manufacturer should have the right to control content
... by organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan, which spews hate and bigotry at virtually anyone who is not white, Anglo-Saxon and Protestant. «Reading Eagle, Jul 15»
7
The Growing Cheese Renaissance in Britain
However in many Anglo-Saxon countries, this is often not the case. In places where the industrial food system was more eagerly embraced, the ... «Slow food, Jul 15»
8
Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo: 'Charlie Hebdo changed Paris. But …
... as opposed to what she controversially labelled an “Anglo-Saxon idea that women should have power because they are better than men”. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
9
McJobs and UberJobs
THE French enjoy nothing more than resisting the forces of Anglo-Saxon capitalism. On June 25th French taxi drivers paralysed Paris in protest ... «The Economist, Jul 15»
10
Tsipras has earned his punishment
In Anglo-Saxon countries, they are daily lampooned as economic illiterates who caused the Greek economic crisis and have asphyxiated the ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Anglo-Saxon [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/anglo-saxon>. Apr 2024 ».
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