adj. & n.
--adj.
1. of the English Saxons (as distinct from the Old Saxons of the continent, and from the Angles) before the Norman Conquest.
2 of the Old English people as a whole before the Norman Conquest.
3 of English descent.
--n.
1. an Anglo-Saxon person.
2 the Old English language.
3 a colloq. plain (esp. crude) English. b US the modern English language.
Etymology: mod.L Anglo-Saxones, med.L Angli Saxones after OE Angulseaxe, -an