ANGLO-SAXON

noun Etymology: New Latin ~es, plural, alteration of Medieval Latin Angli Saxones, from Latin Angli Angles + Late Latin Saxones Saxons Date: before 12th century a member of the Germanic peoples conquering England in the fifth century A.D. and forming the ruling class until the Norman conquest, 2. Englishman , a white gentile of an English-speaking nation, Old English 1, direct plain English, ~ adjective