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Definitions for Saxon

[1] a member of a Germanic people in ancient times dwelling near the mouth of the Elbe, a portion of whom invaded and occupied parts of Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries.
[2] the Old English dialects of the regions settled by the Saxons.
[3] a native or inhabitant of Saxony in modern Germany.
[4] an English person; Britisher.
[5] an Anglo-Saxon.
[6] (not in scholarly use) the Old English language.
[7] a member of the royal house of Germany that ruled from 919 to 1024.
[8] of or relating to the early Saxons or their language.
[9] of or relating to Saxony in modern Germany.
[10] English(defs 1, 2) .
[11] a member of a West Germanic people who in Roman times spread from Schleswig across NW Germany to the Rhine. Saxons raided and settled parts of S Britain in the fifth and sixth centuries ad. In Germany they established a duchy and other dominions, which changed and shifted through the centuries, usually retaining the name Saxony
[12] a native or inhabitant of Saxony
[13] the Low German dialect of Saxony any of the West Germanic dialects spoken by the ancient Saxons or their descendants
[14] of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient Saxons, the Anglo-Saxons, or their descendants
[15] of, relating to, or characteristic of Saxony, its inhabitants, or their Low German dialect

Origin of Saxon

1250–1300; Middle English, probably < Late Latin Saxō, Saxonēs (plural) < Germanic; replacing Old English Seaxan (plural)

Other words from Saxon

non-Sax·on , noun, adjective
pre-Sax·on , adjective, noun

Word origin for Saxon

C13 (replacing Old English Seaxe ): via Old French from Late Latin Saxon-, Saxo, from Greek; of Germanic origin and perhaps related to the name of a knife used by the Saxons; compare saw 1