Anglo-saxon definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary ANGLO-SAX'ON, a. Pertaining to the Saxons, who settled in England, or English Saxons. ANGLO-SAX'ON, n. A kind of pear; also the language ... 3.0 (2005) adj 1: of or relating to the Anglo-Saxons or their language; "Anglo-Saxon poetry"; "The Anglo-Saxon population of Scotland" n ...
Saxon definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SAX'ON, n. 1. One ... 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" n 1: a member ... England and merged with the Angles and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons; dominant in England until the Norman Conquest Merriam Webster ... century A.D. and merged with them to form the Anglo-Saxon people (2) an Englishman or lowlander as distinguished ...
white Anglo-Saxon Protestant definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination [syn: WASP, white Anglo-Saxon Protestant]
four-letter Anglo-Saxon word definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: any ... as obscene or offensive [syn: four- letter word, four-letter Anglo-Saxon word]
Anglo- definitions Merriam Webster's combining form Etymology: New Latin, from Late Latin Angli 1. English < Anglo-Norman > 2. English and < Anglo-Japanese > Oxford Reference Dictionary comb. form 1 English (Anglo-Catholic). 2 of English origin (an Anglo-American). 3 English or British and (an Anglo-American agreement). Etymology: f. mod.L f. L Anglus ...
Old Saxon definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: Low German ... century — see Indo-European languages table Webster's 1913 Dictionary Saxon Sax"on (s[a^]ks"[u^]n or -'n), n. [L. Saxo, pl. Saxones, from the Saxon national name; cf. AS. pl. Seaxe, Seaxan, fr. seax a ... 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 ...
Anglo-norman definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary ANGLO-NORM'AN, a Pertaining to the English Normans. WordNet (r ... 1: the French (Norman) language used in medieval England [syn: Anglo-French, Anglo-Norman] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1735 1. any of ... after the Norman conquest of 1066 2. the form of Anglo-French used by Anglo-Normans • Anglo-Norman adjective Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. & n. -- ...
Anglo-Indian definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: relating ... word) adopted into English from an Indian language. --n. an Anglo-Indian person. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Anglo- An"glo-[NL. Anglus English. See Anglican.] A combining form ... 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 ...
Anglo-American definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: an ... especially whose culture or ethnic background is of European origin • Anglo-American adjective Webster's 1913 Dictionary Anglo- An"glo-[NL. Anglus English. See Anglican.] A combining form ... 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 ...
Anglo-danish definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary ANGLO-DA'NISH, a. Pertaining to the English Danes, or the Danes who settled in England. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Anglo- An"glo-[NL. Anglus English. See Anglican.] A combining form ... 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 ...
Anglo-Saxonism definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Anglo-Saxonism An"glo-Sax"on*ism, n. 1. A characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon race; especially, a word or an idiom of the Anglo-Saxon tongue. --M. Arnold. 2. The quality or sentiment of ...
Anglo-Saxondom definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Anglo-Saxondom An"glo-Sax"on*dom, n. The Anglo-Saxon domain (i. e., Great Britain and the United States, etc.); the Anglo-Saxon race.
Hiberno-Saxon style definitions Britannica Concise Decorative style that resulted when Irish ... the interlaced zoomorphic patterns and bright color of the pagan Anglo-Saxons. Mediterranean art entered as an element when St. Augustine ... of Kells. It was taken to Europe by Irish and Saxon Christian missionaries and there exerted strong influence on Carolingian art. See also Anglo-Saxon art.