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Saxon
Saxon
proper n
Fr. < L.; poss. < OE
sax
, to cut < Germanic,
sahso
, weapon.
Englishman; member of the Germanic tribe that conquered the Celts in Britain; [fig.] poetry; speech; English language; Old English personified; (see ED letters).