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. Piara Powar:

   There's a strand of male culture you see in the UK, and to some extent other Anglo Saxon societies, prevalent among 20, 30 and even 40-year-olds, which is : you go abroad, you drink a fair amount, you sing songs and engage in banter, and pick on someone who is different to you, there's this pervasive sexism and racism. The idea that' anyone who isn't like us, we're going to sing about them and insult them and it's part of the lad's day out.'.

2. 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.

3. Salvador de Madaringa:

   The Anglo-Saxon conscience doesn't keep you from doing anything. It just keeps you from enjoying it.

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. 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,'.