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

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Anglo-Gallic

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

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

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

I do not mean that these Anglo-Gallic clubs in London, Manchester, &c., are not dangerous in a high degree.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

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