anglophone
adjective
an·glo·phone
ˈaŋ-glə-ˌfōn 
variants
often Anglophone
: consisting of or belonging to an English-speaking population especially in a country where two or more languages are spoken
Anglophone
noun
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Held for the first time in an Anglophone country, the summit is expected to draw reactions to the withdrawal of French troops from West Africa that was completed last year amid France's waning regional influence in recent years.
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ABC News, 10 May 2026
While Leo’s predecessors often had their words interpreted or subtitled in English, the current pope speaks in a mid-western accent, allowing his words and interventions to have a greater impact with an anglophone audience.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
To many, Seamus Heaney is the preeminent Anglophone poet of the latter half of the twentieth century.
—Nick Laird, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
The Anglophone separatist conflict has killed over 6,000 and displaced 600,000, rooted in colonial history when English-speaking regions were marginalized after joining French-speaking Cameroon in 1961.
—Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
As this list reveals, English has been a welcoming recipient—though at times also a looter—of many words, commodities, and ideas from India that have transformed daily lives and speech in the Anglophone world.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
Cameroon, with its longstanding Anglophone separatist insurgency and jihadists forcing thousands to flee their homes, is particularly at risk.
—semafor.com, 10 Oct. 2025
The African continent is traditionally divided by colonial language barriers, with films in Anglophone countries like Ghana only travelling to other Anglophone countries like Nigeria.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
Anglophone readers haven’t had access to his work in this format before, but earlier this year Lee released a story collection, Snowy Day and Other Stories, that was translated by Heinz Insu Fenkl and Yoosup Chang.
—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2025
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ABC News, 10 May 2026
While Leo’s predecessors often had their words interpreted or subtitled in English, the current pope speaks in a mid-western accent, allowing his words and interventions to have a greater impact with an anglophone audience.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
To many, Seamus Heaney is the preeminent Anglophone poet of the latter half of the twentieth century.
—Nick Laird, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
The Anglophone separatist conflict has killed over 6,000 and displaced 600,000, rooted in colonial history when English-speaking regions were marginalized after joining French-speaking Cameroon in 1961.
—Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
As this list reveals, English has been a welcoming recipient—though at times also a looter—of many words, commodities, and ideas from India that have transformed daily lives and speech in the Anglophone world.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
Cameroon, with its longstanding Anglophone separatist insurgency and jihadists forcing thousands to flee their homes, is particularly at risk.
—semafor.com, 10 Oct. 2025
The African continent is traditionally divided by colonial language barriers, with films in Anglophone countries like Ghana only travelling to other Anglophone countries like Nigeria.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
Anglophone readers haven’t had access to his work in this format before, but earlier this year Lee released a story collection, Snowy Day and Other Stories, that was translated by Heinz Insu Fenkl and Yoosup Chang.
—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Anglophone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anglophone. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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