anglo
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 6
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 5
/ˈæŋ.ɡləʊ̯/
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/ˈæŋ.ɡləʊ̯/ · [ˈæŋ.ɡləʊ̯] · /ˈæŋ.ɡlɵʊ̯/ · [ˈæŋ.ɡlɵ̞ʊ̯] · /ˈæŋ.ɡloʊ̯/ · [ˈæŋ.ɡloʊ̯] · /ˈæŋ.ɡlɔʊ̯/ · [ˈæŋ.ɡlɔʊ̯] · /ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡloʊ̯/ · [ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡloʊ̯] · /ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡlɔʊ̯/ · [ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡlɔʊ̯] · /ˈɛ̃ŋ.ɡloʊ̯/ · [ˈɛ̃ŋ.ɡloʊ̯] · /ˈɛ̃ŋ.ɡlɔʊ̯/ · [ˈɛ̃ŋ.ɡlɔʊ̯] · /ˈæŋ.ɡləʉ/ · [ˈæŋ.ɡləʉ] · /ˈæŋ.ɡlɐʉ/ · [ˈæŋ.ɡlɐ̝ʉ]
Definition of anglo
7 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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An English person or person of English ancestry.
“Back when we went to the World Cup in South Africa, we saw many anglos waving English flags.”
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noun
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An English person or person of English ancestry.
“Back when we went to the World Cup in South Africa, we saw many anglos waving English flags.”
- (Australia, informal)An English person or person of English ancestry.
- (nonstandard)A British person or person of British ancestry.
- (Canada, informal)Clipping of anglophone.
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(Southwestern, US, informal, offensive, sometimes)Clipping of anglophone.
“Spanish was the only "foreign" language taught in the school, where most of the students spoke Spanish as a first language, and it was taught by an Anglo teacher from textbooks written by and for Anglos […] Somehow, the school administration saw no contradiction in rewarding Anglo students for learning to conjugate ser while punishing Chicano students for speaking Spanish on the school grounds.”
- An anglo concertina.
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(alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of anglo.
“Since the Anglo occupation of the Great Basin, pottery has been a global commodity in the world market.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Anglo-.
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