west saxon

1. 1.

   an inhabitant of Wessex

   BroaderSaxon
2. 2.

   a literary dialect of Old English

   BroaderOld English
3. 3.

   a dialect of Middle English

   SynonymsSouthwestern

   BroaderMiddle English

Questions about west saxon

What does west saxon mean?

west saxon means "an inhabitant of Wessex". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for west saxon?

Close synonyms include Southwestern. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is west saxon a common word?

west saxon is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.