WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Saxe n 1: a French marshal who distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession (1696-1750) [syn: Saxe, Hermann Maurice Saxe, comte de Saxe, Marshal Saxe] 2: an area in Germany around the upper Elbe river; the original home of the Saxons [syn: Saxony, Sachsen, Saxe]