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Anglo-Indian, a. and n.|ˌæŋgləʊˈɪndɪən|
[f. Anglo- 1 b + Indian.]
A. adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of India under British rule, or the English in India.
B. n.
a. A person of British birth resident, or once resident, in India.
b. A Eurasian of India.
1826J. Malcolm Polit. Hist. India 1784–1823 II. xi. 248 The mixed population of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay, made up of European Half Castes, or Anglo-Indians. 1842Ainsworth's Mag. II. 63 He had been at Massorie, that sanatorium of Anglo-Indians. 1845E. Acton Mod. Cookery (ed. 2) xiv. 288 We think..the proportion of onion and garlic by one half too much for any but well seasoned Anglo-Indian palates. 1847Howitt's Jrnl. 30 Jan. 67/2 The transmission of the Anglo-Indian mails. 1861Swinhoe N. China Camp. 153 The Chinese Tsaou, called Bier by the Anglo-Indians, is a somewhat cylindrically shaped fruit. 1907Westm. Gaz. 11 Dec. 2/1 Calcutta..merits the epithet of Anglo-Indian better than anything else in India. 1929Cowley Evangelist June 134 A congregation of Indian, Anglo-Indian and European people, all happily joining together. 1929Church Times 14 June 726/4 The Archdeacon of Madras said that the Anglo-Indian, and particularly the lower class of Anglo-Indian, was the crux of the whole question. 1934S.P.E. Tract xli. 21 The term ‘Anglo-Indian’ used to be applied to people of British birth who had lived long in India. In 1911 the Government of India decided to substitute ‘Anglo-Indian’ for ‘Eurasian’ as the official term for those of mixed descent. 1941O'Malley Mod. India & West xv. 552 Anglo-Indian literature is really a subject in itself. |