a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons; dominant in England until the Norman Conquest
Adjective:
of or relating to or characteristic of the early Saxons or Anglo-Saxons and their descendents (especially the English or Lowland Scots) and their language;
"Saxon princes"
"for greater clarity choose a plain Saxon term instead of a latinate one"
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The Saxon once settled in England in early times. 撒克逊人早期曾定居英格兰。
On the site of the Roman city Glevum, it was the Saxon capital of Mercia and is today a market town and industrial center.Population, 91,600. 位于古罗马城市格莱昂旧址,是撒克逊人的首都梅尔西亚,今天是一集镇和工业中心。