Saxon, member of a Germanic people who in ancient times lived in the area of modern Schleswig and along the Baltic coast. During the 5th century CE the Saxons spread rapidly through north Germany and along the coasts of Gaul and Britain. The meaning of SAXON is a member of a Germanic people that entered and conquered England with the Angles and Jutes in the fifth century a.d.

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and merged with them to form the Anglo-Saxon people.