Anglo-Gallic

American  

[ang-gloh-gal-ik] / ˈæŋ gloʊˈgæl ɪk /

adjective

Numismatics.

1. noting or pertaining to the coins or series of coins issued by the English kings from Henry II to Henry VIII for their French domains.

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Etymology

Origin of Anglo-Gallic

First recorded in 1750–60

Example Sentences

But I must dwell rather longer on one of the tracts in this series—the Anglo-Gallic Dictionary or Phraseologia of Walter de Biblesworth.

From Schools, School-Books and Schoolmasters by Hazlitt, W. Carew

It is almost incomprehensible on what ground English was selected, as French would have been as serviceable to the educated reader here, while the Anglo-Gallic patois must have proved a puzzle to all alike.

From Schools, School-Books and Schoolmasters by Hazlitt, W. Carew

Roberta's collection of Anglo-Gallic coins are now in the British Museum.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Disraeli, Isaac

But while the Anglo-Gallic alliance continues, the Continent will be defended from the worst of all evils, the prevention of domestic improvement, and the aggravation of domestic disturbance, by foreign intervention.

From Correspondence & Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville with Nassau William Senior from 1834 to 1859, Volume 2 by Tocqueville, Alexis de

We described that ceremony to him, and announced the promotion of his friend, Florac, now our friend also, Director of the Great Anglo-Gallic Railway, the Prince de Moncontour.

From The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family by Thackeray, William Makepeace