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单词 anglo-american
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Anglo-Americanadj.n.

Brit. /ˌaŋɡləʊəˈmɛrᵻk(ə)n/, U.S. /ˌæŋɡloʊəˈmɛr(ə)k(ə)n/
Forms: also occasionally with lower-case initial in the second element.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Anglo- comb. form, American adj.
Etymology: < Anglo- comb. form + American adj. Compare French anglo-américain, adjective and noun (both 1777).
A. adj.
1.
a. Of, belonging to, or involving both England (or Britain) and America. In early use also: of or belonging to the British American colonies (now historical).
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [adjective] > and other
French-English1580
Anglo-German1683
Anglo-American1769
Anglo-Welsh1772
Anglo-French1797
Anglo-Russian?1800
Anglo-Turkish?1800
Anglo-Indian1805
Anglo-Irish1810
Anglo-Scandinavian1836
Anglo-Egyptian1838
Hiberno-English1840
Anglo-Jewish1843
Anglo-Norse1872
Anglo-Boer1881
Anglo-Roman1913
Anglo-Soviet1920
Anglo-Arab1923
Anglo-Frisian1955
1769 B. Franklin Inq. in Papers (1973) XVII. 322 Such an Anglo-American parliament is the only way to make government equal for all.
1779 Remarks on Rescript Court Madrid 34 Is it possible that Franklyn could have holden this language to the court of Versailles, if Lewis had hitherto declined all the overtures made to him from the Anglo-American Colonies?
1787 G. Greive tr. F. J. de Chastellux Trav. N.-Amer. II. 284 Let not the Anglo-American Consul General to the United States complain.
1812 H. Marshall Hist. Kentucky 81 The Anglo-American army, then on its march to attack the French and Indians, posted in Fort Duquesne.
1841 H. S. Foote Texas & Texans I. 97 The heroic achievements of these three hundred Anglo-American soldiers.
1898 W. James Coll. Ess. & Rev. (1920) 436 The great Anglo-American alliance against the world, of which we nowadays hear so much.
1933 Discovery Dec. 359/1 An Anglo-American agreement has now been reached regarding a transatlantic air service.
1989 R. D. Brown Knowl. is Power 11 Literacy..was widely diffused among the white population of the Anglo-American colonies.
2005 Permaculture Mag. Winter 5/2 Few doubt that the Anglo-American invasion of Iraq..had a certain oil agenda, whatever the declared pretexts.
b. Originally: of or designating the English language as used in America. Now chiefly: of or designating the English language, regarded as the language of both Britain and America (cf. sense A. 1a).
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > of varieties of English > American English
American1650
Anglo-American1810
salt river1828
Yankeea1854
Midland1873
New Yorkese1889
American English1892
Yinglish1953
Valley Girl1982
Yat1985
1810 Edinb. Rev. Nov. 115 The two first words of it bespeak a foreign idiom, characterizing, as might be expected, the Anglo-American language, in which this Journal is written.
1833 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 14 But if we know any thing of the Anglo-American dialects, the conversations in Mrs. Trollope are..fabrications.
1894 N.Y. Times 30 Dec. 21/4 We did, indeed, know, we Americans, that the city fortress..had smuggled one unregenerate, unreformable shibboleth—tariff—into the Anglo-American language.
1961 Amer. Speech 36 45 A number of Anglo-American loanwords [in German] are related to golf, horse racing, swimming, hockey, and track.
1995 Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo) (Nexis) 1 Jan. 15 All attempts to stop the progression of the Anglo-American language proved to be vain. We have to admit that English now has a special status.
2. Of an American: that is of English or other white European origin. Also: of or relating to these people, their culture, customs, etc.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [adjective] > by country of origin
African1722
American1761
Low Dutch1774
Pennsylvania Dutch1792
Anglo-American1797
Irish-American1820
Africo-American1825
American African1826
Afro-American1831
Polish-American1850
Chinese-American1854
Italian–American1854
Russo-American1878
African American1885
Senegambian1911
Afrikan1929
Mexican-American1948
Asian American1950
Amerasian1965
Chicano1966
Anglo1968
Tejano1978
1797 C. Pinckney in State Papers U.S. (1817) III. 141 I should have made some observation on being termed Anglo-American, but, on inquiry, I found it was customary to call all my countrymen so, to distinguish us from the inhabitants of St. Domingo, and the other French West India Islands.
1842 Penny Cycl. XXIV. at Texas Distrust between the Anglo-American colonists..and the settlers of Spanish descent.
1851 C. Cist Sketches & Statistics Cincinnati 34 Destined to render the Anglo-American race paramount throughout this great continent.
1880 G. W. Cable Grandissimes liii. 402 A comparison of..Anglo-American and Franco-American conventionalities.
1936 Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. 23 286 During the period, 1865–87, the Mescaleros.., and Coyoteros..sprayed the Anglo-American and Mexican settlements with their devastating raids.
1997 Gallop! Jan. 32/1 American Indian, Spanish-American and Anglo-American heritage mixes like nowhere else in Alberquerque's food!
B. n.
An American of English or other white European origin, esp. in contrast to American Indians or (later) Hispanic Americans.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > by country of origin
American1648
African1700
High Dutch1773
Low Dutch1773
German-American1775
African American1782
Anglo-American1785
Irish-American1786
Africo-American1788
American African1826
Pennsylvania German1827
Pennsylvania Dutch1831
Afro-American1833
far-downer1834
Mexicano1847
knickerbocker1848
Chinese-American1854
Italian–American1873
Polish-American1876
Polacker1883
roundhead1895
hunk1896
Polack1898
Senegambian1900
bohunk1903
honky1904
hunyak1911
Turk1914
boho1920
Anglo1923
Euro-American1925
turkey1932
narrowback1933
nisei1934
roundheader1934
pachuco1943
pocho1944
Latino1946
Chicano1947
Mexican-American1948
Asian American1952
Amerasian1957
Chicana1966
Afrikan1972
Hispanic1972
1738 Remarks on Trial of J. P. Zenger i. 16 (Signature of letter) I am yours, &c. Anglo-Americanus.]
1785 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia 27 In case of a war with our neighbours the Anglo-Americans or the Indians, the route to New-York becomes a frontier.
1787 S. S. Smith Ess. Complexion (1788) 194 The Anglo-Americans on the frontiers of the states, who acquire their sustenance principally by hunting.
1792 J. Morse Amer. Geogr. (ed. 2) 63 The greater part, however, are descended from the English; and for the sake of distinction, are called Anglo-Americans.
1828 ‘C. Sealsfield’ Americans as they Are xi. 132 The Anglo-Americans, however, treat their slaves throughout better than the French.
1842 McDonogh Papers (1898) 64 The Anglo-Americans, a term by which all Americans and strangers generally are called by the natives of Louisiana of French descent.
1858 Texas Almanac 114 The Anglo-Americans of Texas were threatened with subjection to military despotism.
1927 Travel Nov. 20/2 Soon he will be in the heart of the country where the Anglo-Americans settled under Spanish grants.
1948 Seventeen June 4/4 We had a Chinese boy cheerleader, a Mexican girl cheerleader, and three Anglo-Americans.
1991 Hispanic Nov. 8/2 For the entire 44 years of my life I have listened to Anglo Americans refer to Hispanic people as ‘wetbacks’, ‘spics’, ‘beaners’, ‘greasers’, and the like in jokes and in serious conversation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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