Synonyms for anglo-saxon
ˈæŋ gloʊˈsæk sənan·glo-sax·on

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1. Anglo-Saxonnoun

   Synonyms:
   Old English

2. Anglo-Saxonnoun

   The inflected ancestor language of modern English, also called Old English, spoken in Britain from about 400 AD to 1100 AD.

   Synonyms:
   Old English

Princeton's WordNet

1. Anglo-Saxonnoun

   a native or inhabitant of England prior to the Norman Conquest

2. Anglo-Saxonnoun

   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'

   "in the ninth century the Vikings began raiding the Anglo-Saxons in Britain"; "his ancestors were not just British, they were Anglo-Saxons"

3. Old English, Anglo-Saxonadjective

   English prior to about 1100

4. Anglo-Saxonadjective

   of or relating to the Anglo-Saxons or their language

   "Anglo-Saxon poetry"; "The Anglo-Saxon population of Scotland"

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1. List of paraphrases for "anglo-saxon":

   anglo-saxons, english-speaking

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1. Manda Forster:

   Aebbe is an extraordinary figure an example of a powerful Anglo-Saxon woman who played a big part in establishing Christianity in the region during the seventh century, now that weve got evidence to pinpoint exactly where her monastery was, we can help bring her story back to life.

2. Carol Anderson:

   When he looked at the jury and said something like,' Every last Anglo-Saxon one of you knows that this is what we're fighting down here. You'll find these men not guilty.' That's what that sounded like to me, it sounded like,' Every last Anglo-Saxon one of you knows that Black people are threatening. They're intimidating. And they're out to destroy our community. What the McMichaels and William Roddie Bryan did was protect our community,'.

3. William Jennings Bryan:

   Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others.

4. 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.

5. Dirk Graber:

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