Anglo- combines with adjectives indicating nationality to form adjectives which describe something connected with relations between Britain and another country.
...the future of Anglo-American relations.
...the Anglo-Irish Agreement.
2. combining form [ADJECTIVE noun]
Anglo- combines with adjectives indicating nationality to form adjectives which describea person who has one British parent and one non-British parent.
He was born of Anglo-American parentage.
Anglo in British English
(ˈæŋɡləʊ)
nounWord forms: plural-glos
1. US
a White inhabitant of the United States who is not of Latin extraction
2. Australian
an Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent
3. Canadian
an English-speaking Canadian, esp one of Anglo-Celtic origin; an Anglo-Canadian
Anglo- in British English
(ˈæŋɡləʊ-)
combining form
denoting English or England
Anglo-Saxon
Word origin
from Medieval Latin Angliī
Anglo in American English
(ˈæŋˌgloʊ)
[alsoa-]
nounWord forms: pluralˈAnˌglos (ˈænˌgloʊz)
1.
a white citizen or inhabitant of the U.S. who is of non-Hispanic descent
adjective
2.
of or relating to Anglos
Word origin
AmSp
Anglo- in American English
(ˈæŋˌgloʊ; ˈæŋglə)
1.
English, English and
Anglophone, Anglo-American
2.
Anglican
Anglo-Catholic
Word origin
< L Anglus, sing. of Angli, Angles (see Angle)
Examples of 'Anglo' in a sentence
Anglo
`How, much later, the native Britons got invaded by the Vikings and then the Anglo Saxons.