\An"glo-Sax"on\, n. [L. Angli-Saxones English
Saxons.]
1. A Saxon of Britain, that is, an English Saxon, or one the
   Saxons who settled in England, as distinguished from a
   continental (or ``Old'') Saxon.
2. pl. The Teutonic people (Angles, Saxons, Jutes) of
   England, or the English people, collectively, before the
   Norman Conquest.
         It is quite correct to call [AE]thelstan ``King of
         the Anglo-Saxons,'' but to call this or that subject
         of [AE]thelstan ``an Anglo-Saxon'' is simply
         nonsense.                             --E. A.
                                               Freeman.
3. The language of the English people before the Conquest
   (sometimes called Old English). See {Saxon}.
4. One of the race or people who claim descent from the
   Saxons, Angles, or other Teutonic tribes who settled in
   England; a person of English descent in its broadest
   sense.

\An"glo-Sax"on\, a.
Of or pertaining to the Anglo-Saxons or their language.