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单词 anglo-saxony
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Anglo-Saxonyn.

Brit. /ˌaŋɡləʊˈsaksəni/, /ˌaŋɡləʊˈsaksn̩i/, U.S. /ˌæŋɡloʊˈsæksəni/
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: Anglo- comb. form, proper name Saxony.
Etymology: < Anglo- comb. form + the name of Saxony (see Saxony n.), after Anglo-Saxon n.
rare.
Originally: the territory or domain of the continental Angles and Saxons, or of the Anglo-Saxons. Hence: = Anglo-Saxondom n.
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Englishry1439
Anglo-Saxony1818
Anglo-Saxondom1845
1818 J. Thomson Observ. Introd. Eng. Etymol. 17 To conclude the observations relative to Anglo-Saxony, it may be observed that, the principal part of its territory..is now included in the dominions of Prussia.
1825 Westm. Rev. July 151 The soul of Alfred has transmigrated into that of George the Fourth; all-powerful and active England is the representative of Anglo-Saxony.
1863 H. W. Beecher Freedom & War iii. 70 It [sc. our constitution] carried Africa on its left bosom, and Anglo-Saxony on its right bosom; and these two, drawing milk from the same bosom, have waxed strong, and stand to-day federated into the one republic.
1905 Daily Chron. 13 Mar. 3/7 Miss Annie Russell is artistically eager to render his ‘Jinny the Carrier’ all over Anglo-Saxony.
1964 Films in Rev. Mar. 171/1 The success of democracy in what De Gaulle calls Anglo-Saxony has been the result of the willingness to date of minorities to accept the will of the majority.
2000 New Statesman (Nexis) 4 Sept. His vision for Ireland was that, freed from the dominion of both Anglo-Saxony and Rome, it should be reborn within a European context.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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