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# saxon

noun (a Saxon, Saxons); adjective (Saxon)

«saxon» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (history) The Saxons were a Germanic people who settled in England from about AD 450, with the Angles and Jutes; together they are called the Anglo-Saxons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saxon/#m1)
2. Saxon means about these people or their times. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saxon/#m2)
3. Saxony is a region of Germany; Saxon also means from there. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saxon/#m3)

### In the lessons

In UK history lessons, the Anglo-Saxons founded England, its early kingdoms and Old English; Saxon villages and kings are common topics. Phrases: Anglo-Saxon, Saxon king, Saxon village.

### Examples

- The Saxons came to England by boat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saxon/#x1)
- We built a Saxon village in class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saxon/#x2)
- Saxon kings ruled parts of England. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saxon/#x3)
- Old English was spoken by the Anglo-Saxons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saxon/#x4)
- Sutton Hoo is a famous Saxon burial. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saxon/#x5)
- Saxon houses had thatched roofs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saxon/#x6)

### Note

Capital S. Countable as a noun. Many English place names come from Saxon words (-ton, -ham).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «saxon» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saxon/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«saxon» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/saxon.html) on Mova free.