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anglophone

UK/ˈæŋɡləˌfəʊn/US/ˈæŋɡləˌfoʊn/Canada/ˈeɪŋɡləˌfoʊn/

adjective

What it means

  1. not comparableEnglish-speaking.

    the Anglophone media

    1 more example

    Ireland is an unusual anglophone location in that it is an island of some size with a population large enough for internal dialectal variation. It can be compared in this respect with Newfoundland and possibly with Jamaica and New Zealand (two islands, of course). Other anglophone locations are either much larger (United States, Canada, South Africa, Australia) or so small that an internal differentiation of varieties is not recognisable, cf. the many anglophone islands of the Caribbean as well as such islands as Malta or Tristan da Cunha.

    2012, Raymond Hickey, Areal Features of the Anglophone World, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, →ISBN, page 79

In a sentence

“What is this? ‘Why are you talking to me in English?’” I prodded, mimicking my mother, who would scold us when, around guests of the anglophone persuasion, we accidentally addressed her in English.

2018 November 30, Isabelle Bourgeault-Tassé, “How a family recipe taught me what’s at stake when Franco-Ontarians lose their roots”, in The Globe and Mail

Where it comes from

From anglo- + -phone.

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