Anglo-Saxonname/ˌæŋɡləʊˈsæksən/

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  archaicSynonym of Old English (language).

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  archaicSynonym of Old English (language).

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  informalProfanity, especially words derived from Old English.

  • Sometimes these chairmen are authoritarians, who wield the budget-book as a weapon - the junior staff members have some Anglo-Saxon words for them
  • I haven't eaten in two days. What's left to puke? You may remark that my vocabulary has taken a turn for the Anglo-Saxon.

Anglo-Saxonnoun/ˌæŋɡləʊˈsæksən/

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  A member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century.

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  A person of English ethnic descent.

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  A lightskinned or blond-haired person presumably of North European descent like British.

Anglo-Saxonadj/ˌæŋɡləʊˈsæksən/

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  Related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language.

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  Related to nations which speak primarily English and are influenced by English culture and customs, especially Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom and the United States.

  • [...] Ethnography thus aims at record- ing as accurately as possible the respective modes of life of various groups. Ethnology, on the other hand, utilizes for comparative purposes (the nature of which will be explained below) the data provided by the ethnographer. Thus, ethnography has the same meaning in all countries, and ethnology corresponds approximately to what is known in Anglo-Saxon countries—where the term eth- nology has become obsolete—as social or cultural anthropology.
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  governmentpoliticsFavouring a liberal free-market economy.

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  Descended from some other North European settlers like the British (English).