Definition of: bAnglo-Saxonb

(ang′glō·sak′sən) noun
1. A member of one of the Germanic tribes (Angles, Saxons, and Jutes) that conquered Britain in the fifth and sixth centuries.
2. A member of the nation descended from these peoples which dominated England until the Norman Conquest.
3. Their West Germanic language; Old English.
4. Any one of English nationality or descent.
5. Colloq. Simple, pithy, unadorned English, free of scholarly borrowings or circumlocutions: the native element in the language being considered more forceful and direct.
6. Colloq. The short, vulgar words of the language, as used for their pungency.
7. Loosely, the modern English language.
—adjective Of or pertaining to the Anglo-Saxons, their language, customs, or descendants.
—An′glo-Sax′on·ism noun