- a member of a Germanic people in ancient times dwelling near the mouth of the Elbe, a portion of whom invaded and occupied parts of Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries.
- the Old English dialects of the regions settled by the Saxons.
- a native or inhabitant of Saxony in modern Germany.
- an English person; Britisher.
- an Anglo-Saxon.
- (not in scholarly use) the Old English language.
- a member of the royal house of Germany that ruled from 919 to 1024.
- of or relating to the early Saxons or their language.
- of or relating to Saxony in modern Germany.
- English (defs. 1, 2).
- a member of a West Germanic people who in Roman times spread from Schleswig across NW Germany to the Rhine. Saxons raided and settled parts of S Britain in the fifth and sixth centuries ad. In Germany they established a duchy and other dominions, which changed and shifted through the centuries, usually retaining the name Saxony
- a native or inhabitant of Saxony
- the Low German dialect of Saxony
- any of the West Germanic dialects spoken by the ancient Saxons or their descendants
- of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient Saxons, the Anglo-Saxons, or their descendants
- of, relating to, or characteristic of Saxony, its inhabitants, or their Low German dialect
