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Anglo-Saxon

noun

1.

A native or inhabitant of England prior to the Norman Conquest.

2.

A person of Anglo-Saxon (especially British) descent whose native tongue is English and whose culture is strongly influenced by English culture as in WASP for 'White Anglo-Saxon Protestant'. "His ancestors were not just British, they were Anglo-Saxons"

3.

English prior to about 1100. Synonym: Old English.

adjective

1.

Of or relating to the Anglo-Saxons or their language. "The Anglo-Saxon population of Scotland"

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— Broken to the Plow • Charles Caldwell Dobie

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