Anglo
a white American of non-Hispanic descent, as distinguished especially from an American of Mexican or Spanish descent.
(sometimes lowercase) an English-speaking person in a place where English is not the language of the majority.
of, relating to, or characteristic of Anglos.
Origin of Anglo
1How to use Anglo in a sentence
It is composed mostly of Anglos, with a disproportionately small number of Latinos.
Democrat Ron Barber Retains Gabby Giffords’s Arizona Congressional Seat | Terry Greene Sterling | June 13, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTDe caudis eorum, ut dixerunt, funes sibi facerent ad seipsos Anglos in crastino vinciendos.
In Byways of Scottish History | Louis A. BarbAnglos are imported as live-stock, and are killed within forty-eight hours.
I had reached just so far in my dream when the oysters came, and that is why I wished I had ordered 'Anglos' and no roll.
Prose Fancies | Richard Le GallienneExcipiebat advenas, prsertim Anglos, eos conviviis faciebat suos.
History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Volume V | J. H. Merle d'Aubigné
Anglos, qui tuo imperio subsunt, hoc idem evangelium colere quod nos colimus.
History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Volume V | J. H. Merle d'Aubigné
British Dictionary definitions for Anglo (1 of 2)
/ (ˈæŋɡləʊ) /
US a White inhabitant of the United States who is not of Latin extraction
Australian an Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent
Canadian an English-speaking Canadian, esp one of Anglo-Celtic origin; an Anglo-Canadian
British Dictionary definitions for Anglo- (2 of 2)
/ (ˈæŋɡləʊ-) /
denoting English or England: Anglo-Saxon
Origin of Anglo-
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