"Anglosaxon" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more Anglosaxon [comparative], most Anglosaxon [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} Anglosaxon (comparative more Anglosaxon, superlative most Anglosaxon)
  1. Rare form of Anglo-Saxon. Tags: form-of, rare Form of: Anglo-Saxon
    Sense id: en-Anglosaxon-en-adj-OSJ8mCNp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Noun

Forms: Anglosaxons [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Anglosaxon (plural Anglosaxons)
  1. Rare form of Anglo-Saxon. Tags: form-of, rare Form of: Anglo-Saxon
    Sense id: en-Anglosaxon-en-noun-OSJ8mCNp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Inflected forms

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