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The Clue

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The Answer

SAXON

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Notes

The answer SAXON is uncommon, appearing about once every 450 puzzles.

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Definition

SAXON as a noun:

1. a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons; dominant in England until the Norman conquest

SAXON as an adjective:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of the early Saxons or Anglo-Saxons and their descendents (especially the English or Lowland Scots) and their language; "Saxon princes"; "for greater clarity choose a plain Saxon term instead of a latinate one"