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Sax·on
/ ˈsaksən/
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n.
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a member of a Germanic people that inhabited parts of central and northern Germany from Roman times, many of whom conquered and settled in southern England in the 5th–6th centuries.
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a native of modern Saxony in Germany.
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the language of the Saxons, in particular:
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(Old Saxon)
the West Germanic language of the ancient Saxons.
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the Low German dialect of modern Saxony.
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adj.
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of or relating to the Anglo-Saxons, their language (Old English), or their period of dominance in England (5th–11th centuries).
2.
of or relating to Saxony or the continental Saxons or their language.
DERIVATIVES:
Sax·on·ize
/ -ˌnīz/ v.
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Saxon Capital, Inc. Directors Approve REIT Conversion Proposal.
Business Wire; 1/26/2004; 700+ words
; ...Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 26, 2004 Saxon Capital, Inc. ("Saxon") (NASDAQ: SAXN), a residential mortgage lender...The REIT conversion is subject to the approval of Saxon's shareholders. After conversion to a REIT, Saxon...
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Saxon Capital, Inc. Announces Shareholder Approval of Proposed REIT Conversion.
Business Wire; 9/13/2004; 700+ words
; GLEN ALLEN, Va. -- Saxon Capital, Inc. ("Saxon") (NASDAQ: SAXN), a residential mortgage lending and...its shareholders approved the merger agreement providing for Saxon's conversion to a real estate investment trust ("REIT...
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Saxon Capital, Inc. Announces Completion of REIT Conversion.
Business Wire; 9/24/2004; 700+ words
; GLEN ALLEN, Va. -- Saxon Capital, Inc. ("Saxon") (NASDAQ: SAXND), formerly known as "Saxon REIT, Inc.," a residential mortgage lending and servicing company, today announced that the company has completed its restructuring to...
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Saxon Capital, Inc. Announces the Transfer of its Common Stock to the New York Stock Exchange and Announces its Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
Business Wire; 3/3/2005; 700+ words
; GLEN ALLEN, Va. -- Saxon Capital, Inc. ("Saxon" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: SAXN), a residential mortgage...on Friday, March 18, 2005. To commemorate the listing, Saxon management expects to ring the bell to open the Exchange at...
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Saxon Capital, Inc. Announces Analyst Day to Be Held on May 17, 2005.
Business Wire; 4/20/2005; 700+ words
; GLEN ALLEN, Va. -- Saxon Capital, Inc. ("Saxon" or the "Company") (NYSE: SAX), a residential mortgage...side analysts on May 17, 2005. The event will be held at Saxon's corporate headquarters, located at 4860 Cox Road, Suite...
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Saxon Capital, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2005 Dividend and Payment Information.
Business Wire; 4/19/2005; 700+ words
; GLEN ALLEN, Va. -- Saxon Capital, Inc. ("Saxon" or the "Company") (NYSE: SAX), a residential mortgage...taxable income to the shareholders annually. Going forward, Saxon expects to declare dividends for the first three quarters...
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Saxon Capital, Inc. Subsidiary America's MoneyLine, Inc. to Divest Selected Retail Branch Operations; Enters into Agreement to Sell a Portion of its Traditional Retail Branches; Introduces New Centralized Retail Strategy.
Business Wire; 5/4/2005; 700+ words
; GLEN ALLEN, Va. -- Saxon Capital, Inc. ("Saxon") (NYSE: SAX), a residential mortgage lending and servicing...disrupted. "This transaction allows America's MoneyLine and Saxon to focus its resources on growing retail originations through...
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Saxon Capital, Inc. Announces its Retail Business is now Conducted Under a New Trade Name: Saxon Home Mortgage.
Business Wire; 1/5/2006; 700+ words
; GLEN ALLEN, Va. -- Saxon Capital, Inc. ("Saxon" or the "Company") (NYSE: SAX), a residential mortgage...retail business in its wholly owned indirect subsidiary, Saxon Mortgage, Inc. under the trade name, "Saxon Home Mortgage...
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Saxon Capital, Inc. Announces Organizational Change.
Business Wire; 6/7/2004; 700+ words
; ...ALLEN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 7, 2004 Saxon Capital, Inc. ("Saxon") (NASDAQ: SAXN), a residential mortgage lending...Director, Chief Operating Officer and President of Saxon, in order to pursue other business and professional...
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Saxon Middle School Math Shown to Be Effective in Recent Independent Study of Texas Schools.
PR Newswire; 10/3/2005; 700+ words
; Saxon Students Outperform Non-Saxon Students on State's Standardized TAAS and TAKS Tests AUSTIN...Texas students in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades who used Saxon Middle School Math programs achieved higher performance levels on...
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ANGLO-SAXON
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
ANGLO-SAXON. Originally a name for the Saxons who with the Angles...the Angles and Saxons, also known as...English ( Anglo-Saxon law ) and to their...their overlords as SAXON . Medieval Latin...both Angles and Saxons, a practice that...
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SAXON
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
...Saxons), Sussex (the South Saxons). and Wessex (the West Saxons). The term has sometimes been...instead of OLD ENGLISH and ANGLO-SAXON , as the name of the language carried to Britain by the Angles and Saxons. 3. A native of Saxony. 4...
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Saxons
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...3d and 4th cent. the Saxons were active in raiding...Romans as litora Saxonica [Saxon shores]. By the 5th cent. Saxons had established settlements...foundations of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms (see Anglo-Saxons ). Wessex, the kingdom...
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Anglo‐Saxons
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
...religious life. The Anglo‐Saxon arrival had ended Britain's involvement...purveyed to theAnglo‐Saxons almost entirely by non‐...pope to the Franks. Anglo‐Saxon veneration of the papacy was strong...
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Anglo-Saxons
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...F. M. Stenton, Anglo-Saxon England (3d ed. 1971); D. M. Wilson, The Anglo-Saxons (rev. ed. 1971); D. J. V. Fisher, The Anglo-Saxon Age, 400-1042 (1973...Religions of the Anglo-Saxons (1985); M. J. Whittock...
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