"Anglo-Saxon" means: (language).. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
Anglo-Saxon
(now, rare) (language).
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"The analysis Trump endorsed is that America is defined not by its founding values but by its Anglo-Saxon cultural and genetic heritage." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The puppets garner regard and respect because they cost more to create and maintain than human beings. I sometimes wonder if we're reverting to the old Anglo-Saxon legal concept of wergild...
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(now, rare) (language).
"Anglo-Saxon" means: (language).. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"Anglo-Saxon" means: (language).. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. Note the regional or dialect label (rare) — usage may sound odd outside that variety. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
“"The analysis Trump endorsed is that America is defined not by its founding values but by its Anglo-Saxon cultural and genetic heritage." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(informal) Profanity, especially words derived from Old English.
I haven't eaten in two days. What's left to puke? You may remark that my vocabulary has taken a turn for the Anglo-Saxon.
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A member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century.
“The puppets garner regard and respect because they cost more to create and maintain than human beings. I sometimes wonder if we're reverting to the old Anglo-Saxon legal concept of wergild...”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(linguistics, history) The ancestor language of Modern English, also called Anglo-Saxon, spoken in most of Britain from about 400 to 1100.
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(nonstandard, colloquial, proscribed) Archaic English (Early Modern English) or Middle English speech or writing, or an imitation of this: "old" English.