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anglo-saxon

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for anglo-saxon.

Editorial note

The country is not reliant on the US for a political identity for for economic ideas - indeed France has long rejected the conventional wisdom of 'Anglo-Saxon capitalism'.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

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

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of anglo-saxon gathered in one view.

noun

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

adjective

Related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language.

noun

(US) A person of English ethnic descent.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for anglo-saxon.

noun

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

adjective

Related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language.

noun

(US) A person of English ethnic descent.

noun

(US, Mexican-American) A lightskinned or blond-haired person presumably of North European descent like British.

Example sentences

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The country is not reliant on the US for a political identity for for economic ideas - indeed France has long rejected the conventional wisdom of 'Anglo-Saxon capitalism'.

2

This is a reaction to the centuries-old stigma against Anglo-Saxon derived words as being crude or inelegant.

3

Just a heads-up that the concept that the creditors must accept risk is a very anglo-saxon perspective.

4

One cause is America has deep Anglo-Saxon and European roots hence the majority of the population is/was White; the opposite issue may be present in Africa, India, or China where 'whites' are minorities.

5

If you join British Empire and American hegemony together, get 400 years of expanding Anglo-Saxon culture with internal power shifts (like different dynasties in China).

6

White Anglo-Saxon Protestants are not the inventors of names nor does it seem like that group in particular is radically defensive of how naming works.

7

Teams can reject candidates for other reasons besides the He's-Not-White-Anglo-Saxon-Protestant-22-year-old angle.

8

I would suggest at a minimum, it reflects the Anglo-Saxon legal mindset, and at a maximum, it reflects the human legal mindset.

9

Far behind those three would be being mixed race, but mostly caucasian (I got enough Anglo-Saxon genes to dominate the South American genes).

10

>Just a heads-up that the concept that the creditors must accept risk is a very anglo-saxon perspective.

11

Values prized in Anglo-Saxon economy is freedom and individualism.

12

In the other direction, I never understood rap until I studied Anglo-Saxon poetry.

Quote examples

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He likely means "foreign" in a more classical sense: Orwell tends to favor Anglo-Saxon derived words over Norman French-derived words.

2

As someone with a more classic understanding of terrorism, it is both amazing and chilling seeing the social pathogen injected on 9/11 coursing through the "Anglo-Saxon" west.

3

Be wary of those studies that only use "Anglo-Saxon American College Kids" as test subjects, which is a group of people that isn't even representative of America in general.

4

On the other hand, he really is an excellent historian of ideas and of early modern science; maybe a little less empirically grounded than historians from the "Anglo-Saxon" world like me might prefer, but you can't deny the usefulness of his ideas.

Proper noun examples

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I'll try to describe my point of view as detailed as I can - you shall know I'm not an Anglo-saxon, but a Pole.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use anglo-saxon in a sentence?

The country is not reliant on the US for a political identity for for economic ideas - indeed France has long rejected the conventional wisdom of 'Anglo-Saxon capitalism'.

What does anglo-saxon mean?

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

What part of speech is anglo-saxon?

anglo-saxon is commonly used as noun, adjective.