Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun anglo-saxon

3 senses of anglo-saxon

Sense 1
Anglo-Saxon -- (a native or inhabitant of England prior to the Norman Conquest)
       => English person -- (a native or inhabitant of England)

Sense 2
Anglo-Saxon -- (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")
       => English person -- (a native or inhabitant of England)

Sense 3
Old English, Anglo-Saxon -- (English prior to about 1100)
       => English, English language -- (an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries)

Similarity of adj anglo-saxon

1 sense of anglo-saxon

Sense 1
Anglo-Saxon -- (of or relating to the Anglo-Saxons or their language; "Anglo-Saxon poetry"; "The Anglo-Saxon population of Scotland")