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An⋅glo-I⋅rish

[ang-gloh-ahy-rish]
–noun
1. persons of English descent living in Ireland.
2. Hiberno-English.
–adjective
3. of or pertaining to the Anglo-Irish or their speech.
4. Hiberno-Saxon.

Origin:
1785–95

Hi⋅ber⋅no-Eng⋅lish

[hahy-bur-noh-ing-glish or, often, -lish]
–noun
1. Also called Anglo-Irish. the English language as spoken in Ireland.
–adjective
2. of or pertaining to Hiberno-English.
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An·glo-I·rish   (āng'glō-ī'rĭsh)
n.  
  1. A native of England living in Ireland.

  2. A native of Ireland living in England.

  3. A person of mixed Irish and English ancestry.

  4. See Irish English.

An'glo-I'rish adj.
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