anglo-saxon

Noun

• English prior to about 1100

• 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
    

• a native or inhabitant of England prior to the Norman Conquest

Adjective

• of or relating to the Anglo-Saxons or their language
  • Anglo-Saxon poetry
    
  • The Anglo-Saxon population of Scotland
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  Old English , Anglo-Saxon