Saxon

n.

1. A member of a West Germanic tribal group that inhabited northern Germany and invaded Britain in the fifth and sixth centuries A.D. with the Angles and Jutes.
2. A person of English or Lowland Scots birth or descent as distinguished from one of Irish, Welsh, or Highland Scots birth or descent.
3. A native or inhabitant of Saxony.
4. The West Germanic language of any of the ancient Saxon peoples.
5. The Germanic element of English as distinguished from the French and Latin elements.

[Middle English, from Late Latin Saxō, Saxon-, of Germanic origin.]

Saxon Sax'on adj.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: 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

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The adjective Saxon has one meaning:

Meaning #1: 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
  Pertains to noun: Saxon (meaning #1)

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - sakser, angelsakser
adj. - saksisk, angelsaksisk

Nederlands (Dutch)
Angelsaks, Sakser, Angelsaksisch, Saksisch

Français (French)
n. - saxon
adj. - saxon

Deutsch (German)
n. - Sachse, Sächsisch
adj. - sächsisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (εθνολ.) Σάξονας, σαξονική διάλεκτος
adj. - σαξονικός

Italiano (Italian)
sassone

Português (Portuguese)
n. - saxão (m)
adj. - anglo-saxão

Русский (Russian)
сакс, саксонец, англичанин

Español (Spanish)
n. - sajón, anglosajón
adj. - sajón, anglosajón

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - saxare, anglosaxare, lågländare, saxiska
adj. - saxisk, anglosaxisk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
撒克逊人, 撒克逊人的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 撒克遜人
adj. - 撒克遜人的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 색슨 사람, 영국 사람, 고대 영어
adj. - 색슨 사람의, 작센의, 영국의

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - サクソン人, ザクセン人, スコットランド低地人, イングランド人, ゲルマン語系要素, サクソン語, アングロサクソン語
adj. - サクソンの, ザクセンの, サクソン人の, サクソン語の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أحد أفراد ألشعب ألجرماني (صفه) سكسوني‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סקסוני, אנגלו-סקסי, תושב מחוז סקסוניה בגרמניה‬
adj. - ‮של הסקסונים, אנגלו-סקסי, שמקורו בשפה הסקסונית‬

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