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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Anglo-Saxon \An"glo-Sax"on\, a. Of or pertaining to the Anglo-Saxons or their language. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Anglo- \An"glo-\[NL. Anglus English. See {Anglican}.] A combining form meaning the same as English; or English and or English conjoined with as Anglo-Turkish treaty, Anglo-German, Anglo-Irish. {Anglo-American}, . Of or pertaining to the English and Americans, or to the descendants of Englishmen in America. -- n. A descendant from English ancestors born in America, or the United States. {Anglo-Danish}, a. Of or pertaining to the English and Danes, or to the Danes who settled in England. {Anglo-Indian}, a. Of or pertaining to the English in India, or to the English and East Indian peoples or languages. -- n. One of the Anglo-Indian race born or resident in the East Indies. {Anglo-Norman}, a. Of or pertaining to the English and Normans, or to the Normans who settled in England. -- n. One of the English Normans, or the Normans who conquered England. {Anglo-Saxon}. See {Anglo-Saxon} in the Vocabulary. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Anglo-Saxon \An"glo-Sax"on\, n. [L. Angli-Saxones English Saxons.] 1. A Saxon of Britain, that is an English Saxon, or one the Saxons who settled in England, as distinguished from a continental (or ``Old'') Saxon. 2. pl The Teutonic people (Angles, Saxons, Jutes) of England, or the English people, collectively, before the Norman Conquest. It is quite correct to call [AE]thelstan ``King of the Anglo-Saxons,'' but to call this or that subject of [AE]thelstan ``an Anglo-Saxon'' is simply nonsense. --E. A. Freeman. 3. The language of the English people before the Conquest (sometimes called Old English). See {Saxon}. 4. One of the race or people who claim descent from the Saxons, Angles, or other Teutonic tribes who settled in England; a person of English descent in its broadest sense From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: German \Ger"man\, n.; pl {Germans}[L. Germanus prob. of Celtis origin.] 1. A native or one of the people of Germany. 2. The German language. 3. a A round dance, often with a waltz movement, abounding in capriciosly involved figures. b A social party at which the german is danced. {High German}, the Teutonic dialect of Upper or Southern Germany, -- comprising Old High German, used from the 8th to the 11th century; Middle H. G., from the 12th to the 15th century; and Modern or New H. G., the language of Luther's Bible version and of modern German literature. The dialects of Central Germany, the basis of the modern literary language, are often called Middle German, and the Southern German dialects Upper German; but High German is also used to cover both groups. {Low German}, the language of Northern Germany and the Netherlands, -- including {Friesic}; {Anglo-Saxon} or {Saxon}; {Old Saxon}; {Dutch} or {Low Dutch}, with its dialect, {Flemish}; and {Plattdeutsch} (called also {Low German}), spoken in many dialects. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Anglo-Saxon adj : of or relating to the Anglo-Saxons or their language; "Anglo-Saxon poetry"; "The Anglo-Saxon population of Scotland" [syn: {Anglo-Saxon}] n 1: a native or inhabitant of England prior to the Norman conquest [syn: {Anglo-Saxon}] 2: a person of Anglo-Saxon (especially British) descent whose native tongue is English and whose culture is strongly influenced by English culture as in "WASP for `White Anglo-Saxon Protestant'"; "this Anglo-Saxon view of things" [syn: {Anglo-Saxon}] 3: English prior to about 1100 [syn: {Old English}, {Anglo-Saxon}]
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