saxes

Meanings

Noun

• a French marshal who distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession (1696-1750)
• an area in Germany around the upper Elbe river; the original home of the Saxons
• a Belgian maker of musical instruments who invented the saxophone (1814-1894)
• a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore
• plural of sax

Synonyms

Adolphe Sax, comte de Saxe, Hermann Maurice Saxe, Marshal Saxe, Sachsen, sax, Sax, Saxe, Saxony, saxophone