Anglophone
Americannoun
adjective
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Anglophone
Example Sentences
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In “The Caribbean Cookbook,” the starch is either rice or “ground provisions,” the Anglophone term for yams, sweet potatoes, plantains, breadfruit and other staples.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Anglophone separatists in Cameroon have announced a period of "safe travel passage" and halted fighting ahead of Pope Leo XIV's visit to the conflict‑hit region this week.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026
The British journalist and biographer had by this time been a thorn in the side of Anglophone Christianity for two decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
By mid-2023, more than 638,000 people were internally displaced across the Anglophone regions and at least 1.7 million were in need of humanitarian aid, HRW said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2025
Because the Web was first developed and used in the United States, it's not really surprising it started out as — and still is — essentially Anglophone.
From Interviews (1998-2001) by Lebert, Marie
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