Saxe
Pronunciations (3)
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/sæks/
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/ˈsæksə/
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/sæks/
Pronunciation notes
- common
Proper noun
Saxony: A historical region and former duchy in north-central Germany
Usage- attributive
- In compounds
- Examples
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The Intentioun of the Empreour is sic, that he will put from the Impyre, the Palsgraue and Duke August of Saxe […]
More examples (2)
When Luther rose, the Duke of Saxe, being moved of God, did receive the Reformation peaceably into his principalities, without any force, and his examples was followed by other Princes and free cities […]
If Prussian policy represented the extreme of encouraging the dissolution of Judaism through inner decay, in Saxe–Weimar it was deemed best to break the bonds of tradition forcibly in order to speed up the process of amalgamation.
A surname from the Germanic languages.
Noun
A German albumenized paper used in photography.
Usage- Historical
- Uncountable