Anglo

¹

[ ang-gloh ]

noun

, plural An·glos.

1. a white American of non-Hispanic descent, as distinguished especially from an American of Mexican or Spanish descent.
2. (sometimes lowercase) an English-speaking person in a place where English is not the language of the majority.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Anglos.

Anglo-

²

1. a combining form of English:

   Anglo-Norman; Anglo-Catholic.

Anglo-

¹

/ ˈæŋɡləʊ- /

combining_form

1. denoting English or England

   Anglo-Saxon

Anglo

²

/ ˈæŋɡləʊ /

noun

1. a White inhabitant of the United States who is not of Latin extraction
2. an Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent
3. an English-speaking Canadian, esp one of Anglo-Celtic origin; an Anglo-Canadian

Word History and Origins

Origin of Anglo¹

First recorded in 1835–45; independent use of Anglo-

Origin of Anglo²

< Late Latin Angl ( us ) ( Anglic ) + -o-

Word History and Origins

Origin of Anglo¹

from Medieval Latin Angliī

Example Sentences

So, one of the arguments you can make, in my view is true anyway, by explaining some of these differences in the trajectories across countries is in Anglo-Saxon countries, we often use our wealth to buy technology and other experiences.

From Freakonomics

It also ordered 100 million doses of the vaccine developed by Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford, and smaller quantities of five other vaccine candidates, for a total of 355 million doses.

From Quartz

It’s high-stakes geopolitical chess and every country and company involved badly wants to win, including Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca.

From Quartz

That is not always well understood by Anglo political observers and strategists.

From Washington Post

Forty years ago, the highly regulated nature of the Anglo-American economies was seen as stifling free enterprise.

From Fortune

Hitchcock went to Munich as part of an Anglo-German production team.

From The Daily Beast

Along with all the others, an Anglo-American controversy (still unresolved today) grew up out of this matter of Omaha.

From The Daily Beast

And thus the Great Anglo-American Caen Controversy was launched.

From The Daily Beast

Quinn lost his fortune after he amassed control of 25% of Anglo Irish Bank, which promptly went under in the 2007 financial crash.

From The Daily Beast

The instrument is attached to the Anglo-Australian Telescope at the Siding Spring Observatory, northwest of Sydney, Australia.

From The Daily Beast

This word takes numerous forms both in M. E. and in Anglo-French.

From Project Gutenberg

I suspect the Anglo-Saxon bearo, a grove or copse, is the word here preserved.

From Project Gutenberg

A grand feature of the bill, also, was that which provided for extending the influence and utility of the Anglo-Indian church.

From Project Gutenberg

It was not the headlong, reckless, pugnacious rage of the old Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian berserker.

From Project Gutenberg

She had resided in England several years, and now longed again for the life and freedom of the Anglo-Saxons.

From Project Gutenberg