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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
anglo-saxon is a noun and adjective meaning "a native or inhabitant of England prior to the Norman Conquest". It carries 4 recorded senses.
a native or inhabitant of England prior to the Norman Conquest
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”
United Kingdom
English prior to about 1100
of or relating to the Anglo-Saxons or their language
“Anglo-Saxon poetry”
“The Anglo-Saxon population of Scotland”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for anglo-saxon come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.