From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
German \Ger"man\, n.; pl. {Germans}[L. Germanus, prob. of Celtis
origin.]
1. A native or one of the people of Germany.
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2. The German language.
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3.
(a) A round dance, often with a waltz movement, abounding
in capriciosly involved figures.
(b) A social party at which the german is danced.
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{High German}, the Teutonic dialect of Upper or Southern
Germany, -- comprising Old High German, used from the 8th
to the 11th century; Middle H. G., from the 12th to the
15th century; and Modern or New H. G., the language of
Luther's Bible version and of modern German literature.
The dialects of Central Germany, the basis of the modern
literary language, are often called Middle German, and the
Southern German dialects Upper German; but High German is
also used to cover both groups.
{Low German}, the language of Northern Germany and the
Netherlands, -- including {Friesic}; {Anglo-Saxon} or
{Saxon}; {Old Saxon}; {Dutch} or {Low Dutch}, with its
dialect, {Flemish}; and {Plattdeutsch} (called also {Low
German}), spoken in many dialects.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Anglo-Saxon \An"glo-Sax"on\ adj.
1. of or pertaining to the Anglo-Saxons or their language;
as, Anglo-Saxon poetry; The Anglo-Saxon population of
Scotland.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Anglo-Saxon \An"glo-Sax"on\, n. [L. Angli-Saxones English
Saxons.]
1. A Saxon of Britain, that is, an English Saxon, or one the
Saxons who settled in England, as distinguished from a
continental (or "Old") Saxon.
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2. pl. The Teutonic people (Angles, Saxons, Jutes) of
England, or the English people, collectively, before the
Norman Conquest.
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It is quite correct to call [AE]thelstan "King of
the Anglo-Saxons," but to call this or that subject
of [AE]thelstan "an Anglo-Saxon" is simply nonsense.
--E. A.
Freeman.
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3. The language of the English people before the Norman
conquest in 1066 (sometimes called {Old English}). See
{Saxon}.
Syn: Old English
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4. One of the race or people who claim descent from the
Saxons, Angles, or other Teutonic tribes who settled in
England; a person of English descent in its broadest
sense.
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5. a person of Anglo-Saxon (esp British) descent whose native
tongue is English and whose culture is strongly influenced
by English culture as in "WASP for `White Anglo-Saxon
Protestant'"; "this Anglo-Saxon view of things".
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Anglo-Saxon
adj 1: of or relating to the Anglo-Saxons or their language;
"Anglo-Saxon poetry"; "The Anglo-Saxon population of
Scotland"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of England prior to the Norman
Conquest
2: 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: English prior to about 1100 [syn: {Old English}, {Anglo-
Saxon}]
From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.4 [fd-fra-eng]:
Anglo-Saxon /ɑ̃glosaksɔ̃/
anglo-saxon
From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.4 [fd-fra-eng]:
anglo-saxon /ɑ̃glosaksɔ̃/
anglo-saxon
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