SAXE

Meaning of SAXE in English

■ noun a light blue colour with a greyish tinge.

Origin

C19: from Fr., lit. 'Saxony', the source of a dye of this colour.

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SAXE — I. biographical name (Hermann-) Maurice 1696-1750 Comte de ~ French general, II. geographical name saxony
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SAXE — noun see saxe blue
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SAXE — /sannks/ , n. 1. Comte Hermann Maurice de /erdd mannn" maw rddees" deuh/ , 1696-1750, French military leader: marshal of …
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SAXE — I. ˈsaks biographical name (Hermann-) Maurice 1696-1750 Comte de Saxe French general II. ˈsaks geographical name : saxony — its …
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SAXE — saxe, Saxe BrE AmE sæks ▶ ˌ saxe ˈ blue ◂ BrE AmE
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SAXE — n. (in full saxe blue) (often attrib.) a lightish blue colour with a greyish tinge. [F, = Saxony, the source …
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SAXE — n. (in full saxe blue) (often attrib.) a lightish blue colour with a greyish tinge. [ F, = Saxony, the …
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SAXE — n. (in full saxe blue) (often attrib.) a lightish blue colour with a greyish tinge. Etymology: F, Saxony, the source …
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SAXE — Саксония
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SAXE — n. Pronunciation: ' saks Function: geographical name SAXONY ― its French name; used in English chiefly in names of former …
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SAXE — n. Pronunciation: ' saks Function: biographical name (Hermann-) Maurice 1696-1750 Comte de Saxe Fr. gen.
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SAXE, (HERMANN-) MAURICE, COUNT DE — born Oct. 28, 1696, Goslar, Saxony died Nov. 30, 1750, Chambord, France German-born French general. The illegitimate son of Frederick …
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SAXE BLUE — ˈsaks- noun also saxe ( -s ) Usage: often capitalized S Etymology: French Saxe Saxony : a grayish blue that …
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SAXE, (HERMANN-) MAURICE, COMTE DE — (count of) born Oct. 28, 1696, Goslar, Saxony died Nov. 30, 1750, Chambord, Fr. general and military theorist who successfully …
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SAXE, MAURICE, COUNT DE — born Oct. 28, 1696, Goslar, Saxony died Nov. 30, 1750, Chambord, France German-born French general. The illegitimate son of Frederick …
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SAXE, HERMANN- MAURICE, COUNT DE — born Oct. 28, 1696, Goslar, Saxony died Nov. 30, 1750, Chambord, France German-born French general. The illegitimate son of Frederick …
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WINDSOR, HOUSE OF — formerly (1901–17) House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Royal house of Britain, which succeeded the house of Victoria . The dynastic name of …
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LEOPOLD I — I born June 9, 1640 Vienna, Austria died May 5, 1705, Vienna Holy Roman emperor (1658–1705). Son of Ferdinand III …
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WINDSOR, HOUSE OF — formerly (190117) Saxe-coburg-gotha, or Saxe-coburg And Gotha, the royal house of the United Kingdom, which succeeded the house of Hanover …
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WETTIN DYNASTY — major European dynasty, genealogically traceable to the start of the 10th century AD. Its earliest known ancestors were active in …
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WEIMAR
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STOCKMAR, CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH, BARON (FREIHERR) VON — born Aug. 22, 1787, Coburg, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha died July 9, 1863, Coburg German physician who became influential in Belgian and then …
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SAXONY — German Sachsen, French Saxe any of several major territories in German history. It has been applied: (1) before AD 1180, …
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SAXON DUCHIES — also called Ernestine duchies, German Schsische Herzogtmer, or Ernestinische Herzogtmer several former states in the Thuringian region of east-central Germany, …
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REUSS — two former German principalities, merged into Thuringia in 1920. In their final years they comprised two blocks, separated by part …
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LEOPOLD I — born Dec. 16, 1790, Coburg, Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld died Dec. 10, 1865, Laeken, Belg. French in full Lopold-georges-chrtien-frdric, Dutch in full Leopold …
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GOTHA — city, Thuringia Land (state), central Germany. It lies on the northern edge of the Thuringian Forest, 13 miles (21 km) …
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GEORGE II — born July 20, 1890, Tatoi, near Athens, Greece died April 1, 1947, Athens king of Greece from September 1922 to …
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FONTENOY, BATTLE OF — (May 11, 1745), confrontation that led to the French conquest of Flanders during the War of the Austrian Succession. It …
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ERNEST I — born Jan. 2, 1784, Coburg, Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld died Jan. 29, 1844, Gotha, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (as Ernest III) from 1806 …
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ASCANIAN DYNASTIES — branches of a German family influential from the 12th century to 1918. The name, adopted during the first quarter of …
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ALBERT, PRINCE CONSORT OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND — born Aug. 26, 1819, Schloss Rosenau, near Coburg, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha died Dec. 14, 1861, Windsor, Berkshire, Eng. original name Francis Albert …
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LEOPOLD — n. orig. Léopold-Georges-Chrétien-Frédéric born Dec. 16, 1790, Coburg, Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld died Dec. 10, 1865, Laeken, Belg. First king of the Belgians …
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