Anglo
- noun
- /ˈæŋɡloʊ/
- US
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anglo
- On the one hand, there's a lot of interest in the tension between Native Americans and Anglo Americans.
So I Ewing asked Mountain Lake, what do you think about Anglos?
- So I Ewing asked Mountain Lake, what do you think about Anglos?
Examples
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And they're a combination of Anglo, Hispanics, Haitians, African Americans.
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OK, yeah, the Brazilian and Anglo community are not connected.
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You were adopted into a white, a white Anglo-Saxon, as it were, Protestant family.
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So they are not all, you know, white Anglo-Saxon, Protestant males.
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And my mom is Anglo-Saxon, white Christian, born in Isleworth.
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But I don't long for the white Anglo-Saxon Protestant elite days.
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The organization aims to support the Anglo community in maintaining their cultural heritage.
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Many Anglo students attended the event to celebrate their shared history.
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The documentary explored the experiences of Anglo immigrants in the early 20th century.
Compounds
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A white person with British family background who follows Protestant Christianity and is often from a socially important group
- Specialized
A movement in the Church of England that has many Catholic beliefs and ceremonies
- Specialized
A form of French used for law and government in England in the Middle Ages
- Specialized
A small bellows instrument with buttons on both ends, square or six-sided
A person whose family is both British and Indian, or a British person who lived in India during British rule
- Specialized
A form of Norman French used in England from the 11th to the 15th centuries
- Specialized
A form of Norman French used in England in the Middle Ages by rulers, courts, and writers
- Offensive
A short rude English word of four letters that insults someone
Surface Forms
Etymology
Anglo comes from the Angles, the people whose name gave us England and English, but in the United States it began to be used more broadly. That's why Anglo can mean 'a white, English-speaking person' in American use.