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1. [ C ] an English person of the period between the time when the Romans left Britain in the 5th century AD and the Norman Conquest in 1066. The name is formed from the names of two of the tribes that occupied England after the Romans left, the Angles and the Saxons .
2. ( also Old English ) [ U ] the English language of the period before the Norman Conquest . Compare Middle English .
3. [ U ] ( AmE ) the modern English language.
4. [ C ] a white person whose native language is English. See also Wasp .
► Anglo-Saxon adj .