Anglo-American

[ ang-gloh-uh-mer-i-kuhn ]

adjective

1. belonging to, relating to, or involving England and America, especially the United States, or the people of the two countries:

   the Anglo-American policy toward Russia.

2. of or relating to Anglo-Americans.

noun

1. a native or descendant of a native of England who has settled in or become a citizen of America, especially of the United States.

Anglo-American

adjective

1. of or relating to relations between England and the United States or their peoples

noun

1. an inhabitant or citizen of the United States who was or whose ancestors were born in England

Other Words From

• Anglo-A·meri·can·ism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Anglo-American¹

An Americanism dating back to 1730–40

Example Sentences

Loyalism was a complex, varied, and at times contradictory identity within the fractured Anglo-American political reality of the time.

From Time

In postwar Britain the most famous Anglo-American love affair remained the marriage of the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson.

From Time

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

The Anglo-American “conversations” about the timing of the second front often grew heated and testy.

From The Daily Beast

In the 1960s, Anglo-American names were common among African American children.

From The Daily Beast

He has no equal in contemporary Anglo-American letters; there are followers and disciples but no heir apparent.

From The Daily Beast

Of course the exception to this otherwise uniformly uncongenial Anglo-American interrelation was the regime of the Commonwealth.

From Project Gutenberg

A very different scene presented itself within the lines of the Anglo-American army.

From Project Gutenberg

The Committee believes that some of the Anglo-American works listed therein will be found useful.

From Project Gutenberg

It is proposed, we understand, to adopt this as the motto of the Anglo-American Union.

From Project Gutenberg

It is only within recent years that Anglo-American writers have begun to take a deeper interest in her people.

From Project Gutenberg