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Saxon

Pronunciation: /ˈsæksən/

The English word “Saxon” has 12 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A member of an ancient West Germanic tribe that lived at the eastern North Sea coast and south of it.
  2. A native or inhabitant of Saxony, Germany.
  3. An English/British person.
  4. A size of type between German and Norse, 2-point type.
  5. A kind of rapidly spinning ground-based firework.

proper noun

  1. The language of the ancient Saxons.
  2. Upper Saxon, a dialect of modern High German spoken in Saxony.
  3. An unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States.

adjective

  1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Saxons.
  2. Of, from or relating to Saxony, Germany.
  3. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Saxon language.
  4. Of, relating to, or characteristic of England, typically as opposed to a Celtic nationality.

Etymology

Partially from Middle English Saxe, Sax; from Old English *Seaxa (attested in plural Seaxan), and Saxoun, from Old French *Saxoun, Saxon (“Saxon”), from Late Latin Saxōnem, accusative of Saxō (“a Saxon”), both from Proto-West Germanic *sahs, from Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“rock, knife”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). Doublet of Sais. Cognates Cognate with Middle Low German sasse…

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