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An⋅glo⋅phone

[ang-gluh-fohn] (sometimes lowercase)
–noun
1. an English-speaking person, esp. a native speaker of English.
–adjective
2. of or pertaining to speakers of English.

Origin:
1965–70; Anglo- + -phone
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An·glo·phone also an·glo·phone   (ān'glə-fōn')   
n.  An English-speaking person, especially one in a country where two or more languages are spoken.
An'glo·phon'ic (-fŏn'ĭk) adj.
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