Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - saxon

 noun  Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin ~es ~s, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English Seaxan ~s  Date: 13th century  1.  a.  (1) a member of a Germanic people that entered and conquered England with the Angles and Jutes in the fifth century A.D. and merged with them to form the Anglo-~ people  (2) an Englishman or lowlander as distinguished from a Welshman, Irishman, or Highlander  b. a native or inhabitant of ~y  2.  a. the Germanic language or dialect of any of the ~ peoples  b. the Germanic element in the English language especially as distinguished from the French and Latin  • ~ adjective