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a(1)
: a member of a Germanic people that entered and conquered England with the Angles and Jutes in the fifth century a.d. and merged with them to form the Anglo-Saxon people
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: an Englishman or lowlander as distinguished from a Welshman, Irishman, or Highlander
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: a native or inhabitant of Saxony
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a
: the Germanic language or dialect of any of the Saxon peoples
b
: the Germanic element in the English language especially as distinguished from the French and Latin
Saxon
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For his part, Saxon — whose next movie with Demme was the Oscar-winning Philadelphia, about a gay lawyer diagnosed with HIV — acknowledges that Silence’s filmmaking team had not anticipated that their work would cause pain for LGBTQ viewers.
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Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 14 Feb. 2026
Saxon had abused the woman for years, fracturing her hip and nose and causing internal bleeding, a judge found in a ruling ordering him detained pending trial.
—Ryan J. Foley, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
Who is missing in Indiana Amber alert Authorities are searching for 2-year-old Saxon Clemons, a white male described as being 2 feet 4 inches tall and weighing 30 pounds with blond hair and blue eyes.
—Jen Guadarrama, IndyStar, 6 Feb. 2026
Evan Saxon has acquired, distributed and marketed music-centric films for event cinema engagements featuring artists including The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Dolly Parton, Paul McCartney and Pearl Jam.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 15 Jan. 2026
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Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 14 Feb. 2026
Saxon had abused the woman for years, fracturing her hip and nose and causing internal bleeding, a judge found in a ruling ordering him detained pending trial.
—Ryan J. Foley, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
Who is missing in Indiana Amber alert Authorities are searching for 2-year-old Saxon Clemons, a white male described as being 2 feet 4 inches tall and weighing 30 pounds with blond hair and blue eyes.
—Jen Guadarrama, IndyStar, 6 Feb. 2026
Evan Saxon has acquired, distributed and marketed music-centric films for event cinema engagements featuring artists including The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Dolly Parton, Paul McCartney and Pearl Jam.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 15 Jan. 2026
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Saxon
noun
Sax·on
ˈsak-sən 
: a member of a Germanic people conquering England with the Angles and Jutes in the 5th century a.d. and joining with them to form the Anglo-Saxon people
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