- the French name for Saxony
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Saxe
(saks),USA pronunciation n.
- Place NamesFrench name of Saxony.
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Saxe /saks/ n
Saxe /French: saks/ n
- Hermann Maurice ( ɛrman mɔris ), comte de Saxe. 1696–1750, French marshal born in Saxony: he distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–48)
sax•o•ny
(sak′sə nē),USA pronunciation n.
Sax•o•ny (sak′sə nē),USA pronunciation n. Sax•o•ni•an
(sak sō′nē ən),USA pronunciation n., adj.
Sax•on•ic
(sak son′ik),USA pronunciation adj.
- Textilesa fine, three-ply woolen yarn.
- Textilesa soft-finish, compact fabric, originally of high-grade merino wool from Saxony, for topcoats and overcoats.
- Textilesa pile carpet woven in the manner of a Wilton but with yarns of lesser quality.
- 1825–35
Sax•o•ny (sak′sə nē),USA pronunciation n.
- Place Namesa state in E central Germany. 4,900,000; 6561 sq. mi. (16,990 sq. km). Cap.: Dresden.
- Place Namesa former state of the Weimar Republic in E central Germany. 5788 sq. mi. (14,990 sq. km). Cap.: Dresden.
- Place Names, World Historya medieval division of N Germany with varying boundaries: extended at its height from the Rhine to E of the Elbe. German, Sachsen;
French, Saxe.
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- coburg
- Marie
- Windsor
- Saxe-Altenburg
- Saxe-Meiningen
- Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach