[Sax.on] n [ME, fr. LL Saxones Saxons, of Gmc origin; akin to OE Seaxan Saxons] (13c) 1 a (1): a member of a Germanic people that entered and conquered England with the Angles and Jutes in the 5th century a.d. and merged with them to form the Anglo-Saxon people (2): an Englishman or lowlander as distinguished from a Welshman, Irishman, or Highlander b: a native or inhabitant of Saxony
2. a: the Germanic language or dialect of any of the Saxon peoples b: the Germanic element in the English language esp. as distinguished from the French and Latin -- Saxon adj