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Anglo-Saxon

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Anglo-Saxon

▶noun

1 a Germanic inhabitant of England between the 5th century and the Norman Conquest.
■ a person of English descent.

■ chiefly N. Amer. any white, English-speaking person.

2 the Old English language.
■ informal plain English, in particular vulgar slang.

'Anglo-Saxon' also found in these Oxford entries:

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