saxe

Noun

WORDNET DICTIONARY

saxe(n = noun.person) comte de saxe, hermann maurice saxe, marshal saxe - a French marshal who distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession (1696-1750);

is a kind of full general, general, marshal, marshall

saxe(n = noun.location) sachsen, saxony - an area in Germany around the upper Elbe river; the original home of the Saxons;

is a kind of geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region

saxe, n. (in full saxe blue) (often attrib.) a lightish blue colour with a greyish tinge.

Etymology

F, = Saxony, the source of a dye of this colour