What does saxon mean?

Definitions for saxon
ˈsæk sənsax·on

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Saxonadjective

    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

  2. Saxonadjective

    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

    "Saxon princes"; "for greater clarity choose a plain Saxon term instead of a latinate one"

Wiktionary

  1. Saxonnoun

    A member of an ancient northern Germanic tribe that invaded England, together with Angles and Frisians, about the year 600.

  2. Saxonnoun

    A native or inhabitant of Saxony.

  3. Saxonadjective

    Of or relating to the Saxons.

  4. Saxonadjective

    Of or relating to Saxony.

  5. Saxonadjective

    Of or relating to the Saxon language.

  6. Saxonnoun

    The language of the ancient Saxons.

ChatGPT

  1. saxon

    Saxon generally refers to a member of an ancient West Germanic tribe that lived in what is now Germany and the Netherlands and later migrated to England in the early Middle Ages. The term is also used to refer to anything related to this tribe, including their language (Old Saxon) and culture. The Saxons, along with other Germanic tribes such as the Angles and the Jutes, played a significant role in the formation of early English society and language.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Saxonnoun

    one of a nation or people who formerly dwelt in the northern part of Germany, and who, with other Teutonic tribes, invaded and conquered England in the fifth and sixth centuries

  2. Saxonnoun

    also used in the sense of Anglo-Saxon

  3. Saxonnoun

    a native or inhabitant of modern Saxony

  4. Saxonnoun

    the language of the Saxons; Anglo-Saxon

  5. Saxonadjective

    of or pertaining to the Saxons, their country, or their language

  6. Saxonadjective

    anglo-Saxon

  7. Saxonadjective

    of or pertaining to Saxony or its inhabitants

  8. Etymology: [L. Saxo, pl. Saxones, from the Saxon national name; cf. AS. pl. Seaxe, Seaxan, fr. seax a knife, a short sword, a dagger (akin to OHG. sahs, and perhaps to L. saxum rock, stone, knives being originally made of stone); and cf. G. Sachse, pl. Sachsen. Cf. Saxifrage.]

Wikidata

  1. Saxon

    Saxon is an English heavy metal band who formed in 1976, in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. As front-runners and leading lights of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, they had eight UK Top 40 albums in the 1980s including four UK Top 10 albums and two Top 5 albums. Saxon also had numerous singles in the UK Singles Chart and chart success all over Europe and Japan.They also had success in the USA. Between 1980 and 1987 Saxon established themselves as one of Europe's biggest metal acts. They still tour regularly and have sold more than 15 million albums worldwide. Saxon have also influenced many bands such as Metallica and Megadeth.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Saxon

    saks′un, n. one of the people of North Germany who conquered England in the 5th and 6th centuries: the language of the Saxons: one of the English race: a native or inhabitant of Saxony in its later German sense: a Lowlander of Scotland: modern English.—adj. pertaining to the Saxons, their language, country, or architecture.—n. Sax′ondom, the Anglo-Saxon world.—adj. Saxon′ic.—v.t. Sax′onise, to impregnate with Saxon ideas.—ns. Sax′onism, a Saxon idiom; Sax′onist, a Saxon scholar.—Saxon architecture, a style of building in England before the Norman Conquest, marked by the peculiar 'long and short' work of the quoins, the projecting fillets running up the face of the walls and interlacing like woodwork, and the baluster-like shafts between the openings of the upper windows resembling the turned woodwork of the period; Saxon blue, a deep liquid blue used in dyeing; Saxon green, a green colour; Saxon shore (Litus Saxonicum), in Roman times, the coast districts of Britain from Brighton northwards to the Wash, peculiarly exposed to the attacks of the Saxons from across the North Sea, and therefore placed under the authority of a special officer, the 'Count of the Saxon Shore.' [A.S. Seaxeseax, Old High Ger. sahs, a knife, a short sword.]

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. SAXON

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Saxon is ranked #4685 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Saxon surname appeared 7,576 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 3 would have the surname Saxon.

    75.7% or 5,736 total occurrences were White.
    14.3% or 1,083 total occurrences were Black.
    4.7% or 362 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2.3% or 176 total occurrences were Asian.
    2.2% or 168 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.6% or 51 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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  1. axons

  2. Naxos

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of saxon in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of saxon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of saxon in a Sentence

  1. Laurie Rimon:

    It was not easy parting with the coin, after all, it is not every day one discovers such an amazing object, but I hope I will see it displayed in a museum in the near future. Related : Archaeologists discover ancient Anglo-Saxon island in UK countryside It was quickly determined this was not just any coin. It dates to 107 AD and was part of a series of nostalgic coins that Emperor Trajan minted and dedicated to the Roman emperors that ruled before Emperor Trajan. The only other coin of this kind is believed to be the one held by the British Museum. Two other gold coins of this emperor have been registered in the State Treasures, one from Giv ‘ at Shaul near Jerusalem, and the other from the Qiryat Gat region, Donald T. Ariel, head curator of the coin department at the Israel Antiquities Authority, said in a statement. But the details on both are different to those that appear on the coin found by Rimon.

  2. Salvador de Madaringa:

    The Anglo-Saxon conscience doesn't keep you from doing anything. It just keeps you from enjoying it.

  3. Dirk Graber:

    In the last 12 months the appetite for late-stage companies in Germany by Anglo-Saxon investors has increased significantly.

  4. Manda Forster:

    And it makes sense that the later Benedictine monastery was built on the site of its Anglo-Saxon predecessor.

  5. Peter Joustra:

    The steel industry asks for a long-term orientation - high investments and long construction time for new installations - which does not fit in with the Anglo-Saxon model of the London financial elite.

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