sax Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a Belgian maker of musical instruments who invented the saxophone (1814-1894)
    Adolphe Sax.
  2. noun a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore
    saxophone.

WordNet

Sax noun
Etymology
AS. seax a knife.
Definitions
  1. A kind of chopping instrument for trimming the edges of roofing slates.

Webster 1913