Anglo-Saxonry en · NOUN
Etymology
From Anglo-Saxon + -ry.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The Anglo-Saxon descendant populations of the world collectively.
Juell Demming is a somewhat bewildering argument in favor of an Anglo-Saxon union, or, as its author prefers to call it, of Anglo-Saxonry.
1902, The Book Buyer, page 582:Such a quarrel would undermine the community of Anglo-Saxonry that he supported so strenuously.
2007, Anthony Brundage, Richard A. Cosgrove, The Great Tradition:Englishness, Anglo-Saxonry, becomes, as I have already hinted, his ruling prejudice, an unconscious substitute for, a psychological equivalent of, religious faith.
1957, Claude Bissell, Our Living Tradition:
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(countable) An Anglo-Saxonism.
Not for him the Anglo-Saxonries of William Barnes or of the 1890s.
1986, John Lucas, Modern English Poetry:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anglo-Saxonries | Number=Plur | lexicographic |