Anglo-Saxon
See also: anglosaxon and anglo-saxon
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- Anglosaxon (rare)
EtymologyEdit
Anglo- + Saxon, from Latin Anglosaxones (Anglo-Saxones), Latin Angli Saxones (literally “the English Saxons”), as distinguished from the Continental Saxons.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Anglo-Saxon
- Synonym of Old English (language).
HolonymsEdit
TranslationsEdit
Old English — see Old English
See alsoEdit
NounEdit
Anglo-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 light-skinned and/or blond-haired person presumably of North European descent like British.
- (informal) Profanity, especially words derived from Old English.
- 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)
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century
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person of English ethnic descent
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AdjectiveEdit
Anglo-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 influenced by English culture and customs; especially Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom and United States.[1]
- 1963, Claude Lévy-Strauss, Structural Anthropology, New York: Basic Books, page 2:(Translated by Claire Jacobson and Brooke Schoepf.)
- [...] 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.
- [...] Ethnography thus aims at record-
- (politics) Favouring a liberal free market economy.
- (US) Descended from some other North European settlers like the British (English).
TranslationsEdit
favouring a liberal free market economy
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descended from white English or North European settlers
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See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
SIL entry for Anglo-Saxon, ISO 639-3 code ang