saxes

noun Informal.

1. saxophone.

noun

1. Comte Her·mann Mau·rice de [er–man maw-rees duh] /ɛrˈman mɔˈris də/, 1696–1750, French military leader: marshal of France 1744.
2. French name of Saxony.

noun

1. a short, single-edged sword of ancient Scandinavia.

noun

1. the French name for Saxony

noun

1. 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)

noun

1. a tool resembling a small axe, used for cutting roofing slate

noun

1. informal short for saxophone

n.1923, colloquial shortening of saxophone.