Anglo
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Anglo
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| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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World English Dictionary
Anglo (ˈæŋɡləʊ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -glos | |
| 1. | (US) a White inhabitant of the United States who is not of Latin extraction |
| 2. | (Austral) an Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent |
| 3. | (Canadian) an English-speaking Canadian, esp one of Anglo-Celtic origin; an Anglo-Canadian |
| Anglo- (ˈæŋɡləʊ-) | |
| —combining form | |
| denoting English or England: Anglo-Saxon | |
| [from Medieval Latin Angliī] | |
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Word Origin & History
Anglo
"American, English-speaking white person," 1941, southwestern U.S., from Anglo-American (1738), from Anglo-, comb. form of Angle, as used in Anglo-Saxon (q.v.) + American. Anglo was used similarly in Canada from 1800 and Britain from 1964.
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| Anglo Spanish angloamericano (Anglo-American)[that is, White North American of non-Hispanic descent] |
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