English word senses marked with topical category "Germanic tribes"

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Total 51 word senses

• Alemanni (Noun) A group of Germanic peoples living between the Rhine, Main, and Danube Rivers from the third to the sixth century.
• Alemanni (Noun) Those individuals descended from one of the Alemanni tribes.
• Alemanni (Adjective) Of or related to the Alemanni peoples.
• Alemanni (Adjective) Of or related to the Alemannic language or dialects.
• Angle (Noun) A member of a Germanic tribe first mentioned by Tacitus, one of several which invaded Britain and merged to become the Anglo-Saxons; an Anglian.
• Anglo-Saxon (Proper name) Synonym of Old English (language).
• Batavi (Noun) An ancient Germanic tribe living in the region of Batavia around Nijmegen.
• Burgundian (Proper name) The extinct East Germanic language of the Burgundians.
• Catti (Noun) Alternative form of Chatti (“Germanic tribe”)
• Chatthi (Noun) Alternative form of Chatti (“Germanic tribe”)
• Chatti (Noun) An ancient Germanic tribe whose homeland was near the upper Weser (Visurgis).
• Cherusci (Noun) a Germanic tribe that inhabited parts of the plains and forests of northwestern Germany, in the area possibly near present-day Hanover, during the first centuries BC and AD
• Cimbri (Proper name) An ancient tribe that invaded southern Europe between 113 and 101 BCE, generally thought to have been Germanic (though they could have been Celtic) and associated with Jutland and northern Germany.
• Dane (Noun) A member of the Danes, a Germanic tribe inhabiting the Danish islands and parts of southern Sweden.
• Frank (Noun) One of the Franks, a Germanic federation that inhabited parts of what are now France, the Low Countries and Germany.
• Frisian (Proper name) A Germanic language group or language (see Usage notes), or a lect thereof, which descended from Old Frisian, with speakers in the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark.; The West Frisian (or Western Frisian) lect, spoken in the northern Netherlands.
• Frisian (Proper name) A Germanic language group or language (see Usage notes), or a lect thereof, which descended from Old Frisian, with speakers in the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark.; Saterland Frisian, the last surviving dialect of the East Frisian lect, spoken in Northern Germany close to the Dutch border.
• Frisian (Proper name) A Germanic language group or language (see Usage notes), or a lect thereof, which descended from Old Frisian, with speakers in the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark.; The North Frisian lect, spoken in northwestern Schleswig-Holstein in Germany.
• Frisian (Noun) A member of the Germanic ethnic group which is native to the region of Frisia (which is in the Netherlands, northern Germany, and southern Denmark).
• Geat (Noun) A member of a North Germanic tribe formerly occupying what is now Götaland in Sweden.
• Gepid (Noun) A member of an East Germanic people related to the Goths.
• Germania (Proper name) Any of several geographical regions of different historical periods that were mainly inhabited by Germanic peoples.
• Germanic (Adjective) Relating to the Germanic peoples (such as Germans, Scandinavians or Anglo-Saxons).
• Goth (Noun) A member of the East Germanic people known for their invasion of the western Roman Empire and subsequent founding of successor states in Italy and Spain during Late Antiquity.
• Irminones (Noun) A large group of early Germanic tribes who settled in the Elbe watershed and by the 1st century AD had expanded into Bavaria, Swabia and Bohemia.
• Istvaeones (Noun) A Germanic group of tribes living near the banks of the Rhine during the Roman Empire and reportedly sharing a common culture and origin.
• Jute (Noun) A member of the Germanic tribe that existed in modern-day Denmark that invaded England about the same time as the Angles and the Saxons in the beginning of the Middle Ages, but were eventually integrated by the time of the Norman Conquest.
• Lombard (Proper name) A ghost town in Broadwater County, Montana, United States, named after A. G. Lombard.
• Marcomanni (Noun) an ancient Germanic tribe.
• Nahanarvali (Noun) A Germanic tribe mentioned by the Roman scholar Tacitus.
• Naharvali (Noun) Alternative form of Nahanarvali (“Germanic tribe”)
• Norseman (Noun) A medieval Scandinavian or Viking.
• Ostrogoth (Noun) Any member of an ancient East Germanic tribe, one branch of the Goths (the Visigoths being the other), which invaded Italy in the sixth century
• Quadi (Noun) A member of an ancient Germanic people who lived in Moravia.
• Rugian (Proper name) The hypothetical East Germanic language once spoken by the Rugians.
• Saxon (Noun) A member of an ancient West Germanic tribe that lived at the eastern North Sea coast and south of it.
• Saxon (Proper name) A place name:; A census-designated place in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States.
• Saxon (Proper name) A place name:; An unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States.
• Saxon (Proper name) A place name:; A town and census-designated place therein, in Iron County, Wisconsin, United States.
• Saxon (Proper name) A place name:; A municipality in Martigny district, Valais canton, Switzerland.
• Scirii (Noun) An East Germanic tribe of Eastern Europe, attested in historical works between the 2nd century BC and 5th century AD.
• Suebi (Noun) A group of Germanic tribes living mostly near Elbe in what is now central Germany around the first century BCE.
• Swede (Noun) A member of an ancient North Germanic tribe that inhabited central Sweden
• Teuton (Noun) A member of an early Germanic tribe living in Jutland noted in historical writings by Greek and Roman authors.
• Teuton (Noun) A member of the Teutonic Order.
• Teuton (Noun) A member of any Germanic-language-speaking people, especially a German.
• Teuton (Adjective) Synonym of Teutonic.
• Thuringian (Noun) A member of an ancient Germanic tribe inhabiting central Germany.
• Vandal (Proper name) An extinct East Germanic language ascribed to have been spoken by the Vandals.
• Viking (Noun) An ethnic Swede, Norwegian, Dane, Icelander or Faroe Islander.
• Visigoth (Noun) Any member of an ancient East Germanic tribe, one branch of the Goths (the Ostrogoths being the other), which participated in several wars with Rome and established a kingdom with Toulouse for its capital.

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