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Saxon
" Why should we not form a secret society with but one object, the furtherance of the British Empire and the bringing of the whole world under British rule, for the recovery of the United States, for making the Anglo Saxon race but one Empire? What a dream, but yet it is probable; it is possible."
Cecil Rhodes

Meaning of "Saxon" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SAXON

(Replacing Old English Seaxe): via Old French from Late Latin Saxon-, Saxo, from Greek; of Germanic origin and perhaps related to the name of a knife used by the Saxons; compare saw1.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SAXON

ˈsæksən


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SAXON

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Saxon can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SAXON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Saxons

The Saxons were a confederation of Germanic tribes on the North German Plain, most of whom settled in large parts of Great Britain in the early Middle Ages and formed part of the merged group of Anglo-Saxons that would eventually carve out the first united Kingdom of England. Some Saxons remained in Germany, where they resisted the expanding Frankish Empire through the leadership of the semi-legendary Saxon hero, Widukind. The Saxons' earliest area of settlement is believed to have been Northern Albingia, an area approximately that of modern Holstein. This general area also included the probable homeland of the Angles. Saxons, along with the Angles, and other continental Germanic tribes, participated in the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain during and after the 5th century. The British-Celtic inhabitants of the isles tended to call all these groups Saxons collectively. It is unknown how many migrated from the continent to Britain, though estimates for the total number of Anglo-Saxon settlers are around two hundred thousand.

Definition of Saxon in the English dictionary

The first definition of Saxon in the dictionary is a member of a West Germanic people who in Roman times spread from Schleswig across NW Germany to the Rhine. Saxons raided and settled parts of S Britain in the fifth and sixth centuries ad. In Germany they established a duchy and other dominions, which changed and shifted through the centuries, usually retaining the name Saxony. Other definition of Saxon is a native or inhabitant of Saxony. Saxon is also the Low German dialect of Saxony.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SAXON

boxen · caxon · Clarkson · claxon · emacsen · Ericson · Eriksson · flaxen · Jackson · klaxon · monaxon · Niedersachsen · Nixon · Oxon. · Sachsen · Texan · vixen · waxen · woadwaxen · woodwaxen

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SAXON

Saxe · saxe blue · Saxe-Coburg-Gotha · saxhorn · saxicavous · saxicole · saxicoline · saxicolous · saxifragaceous · saxifrage · saxitoxin · Saxo Grammaticus · Saxon blue · saxonite · saxony · Saxony-Anhalt

WORDS THAT END LIKE SAXON

Anglo-Saxon · axon · diaxon · Dixon · exon · neuraxon · Old Saxon · Oxon · polyaxon · subtaxon · taxon · tetraxon · West Saxon

Synonyms and antonyms of Saxon in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Saxon» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF SAXON

Find out the translation of Saxon to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of 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 «Saxon» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

撒克逊
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

Saxon
570 millions of speakers
en

English

Saxon
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

सेक्सन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سكسونية
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

Saxon
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

Saxon
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

প্রাচীন ইংরেজী ভাষা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

Saxon
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Saxon
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Sachse
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

サクソン
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

색슨
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Saxon
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Saxon
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

சாக்சன்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

सॅक्सन
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Sakson
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

sassone
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

Saxon
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

Saxon
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

saxon
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Saxon
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Saxon
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Saxon
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Saxon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Saxon

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SAXON»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of Saxon
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «Saxon».

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

EXAMPLES

7 QUOTES WITH «SAXON»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Saxon.
1
Susan B. Anthony
An oligarchy of race, where the Saxon rules the African, might be endured; but this oligarchy of sex which makes father, brothers, husband, sons, the oligarchs over the mother and sisters, the wife and daughters of every household... carries discord and rebellion into every home of the nation.
2
Caleb Cushing
The Normans came over, lance in hand, burning and trampling down every thing before them, and cutting off the Saxon dynasty and the Saxon nobles at the edge of the sword; but the right of petition remained untouched.
3
Jonathan Demme
When Silence of the Lambs did well commercially it was more than anything. My partner Ed Saxon and I were just so relieved that finally we had made a movie that had made some money!
4
Malcolm Mclaren
I always feel more comfortable in chaotic surroundings. I don't know why that is. I think order is dull. There is something about this kind of desire for order, particularly in Anglo Saxon cultures, that drive out this ability for the streets to become a really exotic, amorphous, chaotic, organic place where ideas can, basically, develop.
5
Mario Monti
I know this isn't a widespread view in the Anglo Saxon world, but I believe that much of the reconciliation between more centralized governance and the scope for democracy - democratic control - will be resolved through an even stronger role of the European Parliament.
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Cecil Rhodes
Why should we not form a secret society with but one object, the furtherance of the British Empire and the bringing of the whole world under British rule, for the recovery of the United States, for making the Anglo Saxon race but one Empire? What a dream, but yet it is probable; it is possible.
7
Bayard Taylor
The nearest approach I have ever seen to the symmetry of ancient sculpture was among the Arab tribes of Ethiopia. Our Saxon race can supply the athlete, but not the Apollo.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SAXON»

Discover the use of Saxon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Saxon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
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
2
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
3
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
4
Buckland's Book of Saxon Witchcraft
Buckland's Book of Saxon Witchcraft was one of the first books to explore Wicca from a solitary perspective.
Raymond Buckland, 2005
5
The Word Exchange: Anglo-Saxon Poems in Translation
More than 70 of today's most celebrated poets, including Seamus Heaney, Robert Pinsky and Molly Peacock, present new translations of Anglo-Saxon poetry that give life to medieval English voices ranging from weary sailors and forlorn wives ...
Greg Delanty, Michael Matto, 2011
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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 Anglo-Saxon State
These essays make a case for how unified and well-governed Anglo-Saxon England was, and how numerous and wealthy its inhabitants were.
James Campbell, 2000
8
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
9
The Anglo-Saxon Minor Poems
From a consideration of the effect of stimulants, such as caffeine and nicotine, and the reasons and consequences of their sudden popularity in the seventeenth century, the book moves to a discussion of more modern stimulants, such as ...
Elliott Van Kirk Dobbie, 1942
10
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

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SAXON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Saxon is used in the context of the following news items.
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Face of a Saxon man buried for 1000 years recreated
Experts have recreated the face of a Saxon man buried at Lincoln Castle almost ... The grave of the Saxon man was found by archaeologists working on the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
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'Anglo-Saxons' would rip Europe apart after a Grexit, says Juncker
The president of the European Commission has risked angering Britain after comments warning that the "Anglo-Saxon world" would seek to dismantle the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
3
Thousand-year-old Anglo-Saxon potion kills modern-day superbug
According to new research, a thousand-year-old Anglo-Saxon potion for eye infections may hold the key to wiping out the modern-day superbug MRSA. «Sacramento Bee, Apr 15»
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Thousand-year-old Anglo-Saxon potion kills MRSA superbug
London (CNN) It might sound like a really old wives' tale, but a thousand-year-old Anglo-Saxon potion for eye infections may hold the key to wiping out the ... «CNN, Mar 15»
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Buffalo Grove K9 Saxon retires with cancer diagnosis
Saxon, a 5-year-old German shepherd male, was partnered with Buffalo Grove Police Officer Danielle Baron for four years. He had surgery last week to have a ... «WLS-TV, Mar 15»
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Hoard of Anglo Saxon coins largest discovered under Treasure Act
A hoard of Anglo Saxon coins found in a Buckinghamshire village is the largest discovered since the Treasure Act was introduced. More than 5,000 coins were ... «BBC News, Feb 15»
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SAXON's NIGEL GLOCKLER Releases Video Message From The …
SAXON drummer Nigel Glockler has released a video message prior to going home from hospital, where he underwent emergency brain surgery last month. «BLABBERMOUTH.NET, Jan 15»
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Hoard of 5000 Anglo Saxon coins worth over $1.5 million …
The discovery is among the largest hoards of Anglo Saxon coins ever found in Britain. According to Buckinham Advertiser, the dig was organized by the ... «Ancient Origins, Jan 15»
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SAXON Drummer NIGEL GLOCKLER Rushed To Hospital …
British heavy metal legends SAXON have been forced to postpone the remaining dates on their UK tour due to Nigel Glockler's health issues. The drummer was ... «BLABBERMOUTH.NET, Dec 14»
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Cast Set For BBC & Carnival's 'Game Of Thrones'-Style Epic 'The …
Set in the 9th century, the eight-part historical drama is an adaptation of Bernard Cornwell's best-selling series of books The Saxon Stories, with Stephen ... «Deadline.com, Nov 14»
REFERENCE
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