Anglophone

[ang-gluh-fohn]

noun

1. an English-speaking person, especially a native speaker of English.

adjective

1. of or relating to speakers of English.

Anglophone

/ ˈæŋɡləˌfəʊn /

noun

1. a person who speaks English, esp a native speaker

adjective

1. speaking English

Word History and Origins

Origin of Anglophone¹

First recorded in 1965–70; Anglo- + -phone

Example Sentences

In the two restive Anglophone regions, where separatists attempted to bar residents from voting, some did turn out at the polling stations.

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They are angered by what they see as the marginalisation of Cameroon's minority Anglophone community by the Francophone-dominated government.

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During the last vote in 2018, turnout was particularly low in anglophone Cameroon, where the fighting is fiercest.

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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.

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That conflict broke out after Biya violently repressed peaceful demonstrations by the Anglophone minority.

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