transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsak-sən ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin Saxones Saxons, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English Seaxan Saxons
Date: 13th century
1.
a.
(1) : a member of a Germanic people that entered and conquered England with the Angles and Jutes in the fifth 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 especially as distinguished from the French and Latin
• Saxon adjective