Anglo

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noun

An·​glo ˈaŋ-(ˌ)glō 

plural Anglos

1

: anglo-american

2

: 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-

1

ˈaŋ-(ˌ)glō,

-glə

: English

Anglo-Norman

2

-(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

Duncan Wanblad, chief executive of Anglo, will take the top job and Anglo Teck while Teck’s chief executive Jonathan Price, will be his deputy. —Tim Treadgold, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025

The new company, which will be called Anglo Teck, will be headquartered in Canada and is expected to be listed on exchanges in New York, Toronto, London, and Johannesburg. —Ganesh Rao,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025

Anglo says the event does not qualify as significant since damages and downtime are likely to be limited. —Melanie Burton, Reuters, 12 Aug. 2025

The Anglo settlers who arrived in the nineteenth century planted new trees to offset those the Spanish cut down. —Sam Bloch august 8, Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Noun

in sense 2, from American Spanish, short for Spanish angloamericano Anglo-American

Combining form

New Latin, from Late Latin Angli

First Known Use

Noun

1800, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing Anglo

• Anglo-American
• Anglo-Catholic
• Anglo-French
• Anglo-Frisian
• Anglo-Norman
• Anglo-Saxon

Kids Definition

Anglo

combining form

An·​glo

1

ˈaŋ-ˌglō,

-glə

: English

Anglo-Norman

2

-ˌglō

: English and

Anglo-Japanese

Etymology

Combining form

derived from Latin Angli "the Angles"