Jute (Noun)
Meaning 1
A plant fiber used in making rope or sacks.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
A member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Saxons to become Anglo-Saxons.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The Jute is a member of the Germanic people who conquered southern and eastern England.
- The Jutes were part of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle that was written in Old English.
- There is limited historical information about the Jutes, making their origins somewhat obscure.
- Some of the Jutes were assimilated into the communities of the Angles and Saxons in medieval England.
- Historians often argue about the extent to which the Jutes influenced the development of the Anglo-Saxon identity.