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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Cameroon, with its longstanding Anglophone separatist insurgency and jihadists forcing thousands to flee their homes, is particularly at risk.
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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
The Aeneid has perhaps had more influence on later European and Anglophone literature than any other work from ancient Greek and Roman antiquity.
—Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
In addition, Chinese students also represented just under 40% of international enrollments in Japan, a country where tuition is much cheaper than in Anglophone destinations.
—Anna Esaki-Smith, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Toxic kitchen culture is hardly unique to France and has been exposed and denounced for years in Anglophone and European countries.
—Vivian Song, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2025
One thinks of depressive, overmedicated narrators in novels by Ottessa Moshfegh or Emma Cline, Rachel Cusk’s Outline trilogy, or the anglophone vogue for Sebaldian autofiction.
—Lidija Haas, Harper's Magazine, 3 Mar. 2025
Hernández acknowledges the cocktail bar’s anglophone roots, based largely in technique and tradition, but sees a rise of something new across Latin America—and beyond.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2024
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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
The Aeneid has perhaps had more influence on later European and Anglophone literature than any other work from ancient Greek and Roman antiquity.
—Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
In addition, Chinese students also represented just under 40% of international enrollments in Japan, a country where tuition is much cheaper than in Anglophone destinations.
—Anna Esaki-Smith, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Toxic kitchen culture is hardly unique to France and has been exposed and denounced for years in Anglophone and European countries.
—Vivian Song, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2025
One thinks of depressive, overmedicated narrators in novels by Ottessa Moshfegh or Emma Cline, Rachel Cusk’s Outline trilogy, or the anglophone vogue for Sebaldian autofiction.
—Lidija Haas, Harper's Magazine, 3 Mar. 2025
Hernández acknowledges the cocktail bar’s anglophone roots, based largely in technique and tradition, but sees a rise of something new across Latin America—and beyond.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Anglophone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anglophone. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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