Dictionary

anglo en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• [ˈæŋ.ɡləʊ̯] (Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˈæŋ.ɡlɐ̝ʉ] (Australia)
• [ˈæŋ.ɡloʊ̯] without æ-raising
• /ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡlɔʊ̯/
• /ˈɛ̃ŋ.ɡlɔʊ̯/
• [ˈɛ̃ŋ.ɡlɔʊ̯]
• /ˈæŋ.ɡləʉ/ (Australia)
• /ˈæŋ.ɡlɵʊ̯/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˈæŋ.ɡləʉ] (Australia)
• [ˈæŋ.ɡlɵ̞ʊ̯] (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Australia) audio
• /ˈæŋ.ɡlɐʉ/ (Australia)
• /ˈæŋ.ɡloʊ̯/ without æ-raising
• [ˈɛ̃ŋ.ɡloʊ̯]
• [ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡlɔʊ̯]
• [ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡloʊ̯]
• /ˈɛ̃ŋ.ɡloʊ̯/
• [ˈæŋ.ɡlɔʊ̯] without æ-raising
• /ˈæŋ.ɡlɔʊ̯/ without æ-raising
• /ˈæŋ.ɡləʊ̯/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡloʊ̯/

Etymology

From Anglo-.

Meanings

1. An English person or person of English ancestry.
   • Back when we went to the World Cup in South Africa, we saw many anglos waving English flags.
2. (Australia, informal) An English person or person of English ancestry. ▸ An Anglo-Australian (as opposed to Australians of Mediterranean or Middle Eastern background)
3. (nonstandard) A British person or person of British ancestry.
4. (Canada, informal) Clipping of anglophone. ▸ An English-speaking Quebecer.
5. (Southwestern, US, informal, offensive, sometimes) Clipping of anglophone. ▸ A North American, especially a white one (regardless of actual ethnicity), whose native language is English (as opposed to Americans who have another native language).
   • Spanish was the only "foreign" language taught in the school, where most of the students spoke Spanish as a first language, and it was taught by an Anglo teacher from textbooks written by and for Anglos […] Somehow, the school administration saw no contradiction in rewarding Anglo students for learning to conjugate ser while punishing Chicano students for speaking Spanish on the school grounds. 1984 February 4, David Morris, “Different Origins: Joto Güero del West Side”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 28, page 15:
6. An anglo concertina.

Forms

Deriveds

angloid