Anglo-Saxon
English
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editEtymology
editFrom Anglo- + Saxon, from Latin Anglosaxones (Anglo-Saxones), Latin Angli Saxones (literally “the English Saxons”), as distinguished from the Continental Saxons.
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌæŋ.ɡləʊˈsæk.sən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˌæŋ.ɡloʊˈsæk.sən/
- Rhymes: -æksən
- Hyphenation: An‧glo‧Sax‧on
Proper noun
edit- (now rare) Synonym of Old English (language).
- Meronyms: Anglian, Kentish, Mercian, Northumbrian, West Saxon
- (informal) Profanity, especially words derived from Old English.
- 1954, American Association of University Professors, Bulletin of the American Association of University Professors:
- Sometimes these chairmen are authoritarians, who wield the budget-book as a weapon - the junior staff members have some Anglo-Saxon words for them
- 1995, Margaret Edson, Wit:
- I haven't eaten in two days. What's left to puke? You may remark that my vocabulary has taken a turn for the Anglo-Saxon.
- 2008, Zagreus Mike Luoma, Neo-gnosis, →ISBN:
- How fucked up is that? (Pardon my Anglo-Saxon)
Translations
editSee also
editNoun
editAnglo-Saxon (plural Anglo-Saxons)
- A member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century.
- (US) A person of English ethnic descent.
- (US, Mexican-American) A lightskinned or blond-haired person presumably of North European descent like British.
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Adjective
editAnglo-Saxon (comparative more Anglo-Saxon, superlative most Anglo-Saxon)
- Related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language.
- Related to nations which speak primarily English and are influenced by English culture and customs, especially Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom and the United States.[1]
- 1963, Claude Lévy-Strauss, translated by Claire Jacobson and Brooke Schoepf, Structural Anthropology, New York: Basic Books, page 2:
- [...] Ethnography thus aims at record-
ing as accurately as possible the respective modes of life of various
groups. Ethnology, on the other hand, utilizes for comparative
purposes (the nature of which will be explained below) the data
provided by the ethnographer. Thus, ethnography has the same
meaning in all countries, and ethnology corresponds approximately
to what is known in Anglo-Saxon countries—where the term eth-
nology has become obsolete—as social or cultural anthropology.
- (politics) Favouring a liberal free-market economy.
- (US) Descended from some other North European settlers like the British (English).
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Usage notes
editThe term Anglo-Saxon is increasingly avoided especially in American historiography, with opponents of the term claiming that the term was not used by English peoples at the time, or that it represents an attempt to create a historical basis for racism and white supremacy (see for example the development of the term White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (WASP)). The term is less controversial in British historiography, where it is more likely to be considered a neutral term for the Angles and Saxons collectively.[2][3][4]
See also
editFurther reading
editSIL entry for Anglo-Saxon, ISO 639-3 code ang
- “Anglo-Saxon”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- Anglophone countries, Anglo-Saxon countries, English-speaking countries, Anglosphere at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
- ^ “Anglo-Saxon”, in Cambridge Dictionary, Cambridge University Press, 2012 December 6 (last accessed)
- ^ Mary Rambaran-Olm and Erik Wade (2021 July 14) “The Many Myths of the Term ‘Anglo-Saxon’”, in Smithsonian Magazine[1]
- ^ Samuel Rubinstein (2023) “Anglo-Saxon Extremists”, in The Critic[2]
- ^ Esther Knowles (2024-05-11) “Cambridge journal faces backlash for dropping ‘Anglo-Saxon’ from title”, in Varsity[3]
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