Anglo

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noun

An·glo ˈaŋ-(ˌ)glō

plural Anglos

: anglo-american

: a white inhabitant of the U.S. of non-Hispanic descent

Anglo adjective

Black and Latino folks were also expected to blend into the white non-Hispanic Anglo culture. —

Carmelo Rivera

But he and his band mates, Bronx-bred New Yorkers of Dominican descent who sing in both Spanish and English, are nearly invisible in the Anglo news media. —

Jody Rosen

Anglo-

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combining form

An·glo-

ˈaŋ-(ˌ)glō,

-glə

: English

Anglo-Norman

-(ˌ)glō

: English and

Anglo-Japanese

Examples of Anglo in a Sentence

Noun a committee with a mixture of Black people, Hispanic people, and Anglos

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The Anglo American Plc’s unit’s first half profits plunged more than 60% to just $347 million, with its average selling price falling from $213 per carat to $163 per carat. —

Thomas Biesheuvel, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2023 Before serving as commissioner, Brune worked as director of land and resources for Cook Inlet Region Inc., an Alaska Native corporation, and as a public affairs manager for Anglo American, one of the world’s largest mining conglomerates. —

Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Aug. 2023 Mining companies, led by Anglo American and Glencore, as well as oil company BP are among the top gainers on the FTSE 100. —

WSJ, 3 July 2023 The differences between their priorities and those of their Anglo counterparts come from experience. —

Marcela Valdes, New York Times, 28 June 2023 Families grew gardens in the back of stores to sell both Chinese vegetables and greens, and other produce for Mexican and Anglo residents. —

The Arizona Republic, 3 June 2023 New commitments made at an investment conference in Johannesburg on Thursday include those from companies including mobile-phone company Vodacom Group Ltd., miner Anglo American Plc and brewer Heineken SA, Ramaphosa said at a closing ceremony. —

Paul Burkhardt, Bloomberg.com, 13 Apr. 2023 Mining researchers in South Africa sometimes joke that the story of gold mining runs from AA to ZZ — from multinationals like Anglo American to zama-zamas. —

Seyward Darby, Longreads, 29 Mar. 2023 See More

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