ang mo

A form of ang moh — A white person, especially one perceived as a foreigner rather than a local inhabitant.

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Meanings

nounang mo (plural ang mo or ang mos)

plural ang mos

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of ang moh.
    1 more example

    Zhen decided he liked Robert, although the Englishman smiled too much. Perhaps this was the ang mo way. In China, if a man smiled too much he was considered effeminate, but Zhen noticed that Baba Tan was completely at ease with them and laughed and smiled more in their company than when he was with the Chinese.

    2007, Dawn Farnham, chapter 23, in The Red Thread: A Chinese Tale of Love and Fate in 1830s Singapore (The Straits Quartet; 1), Singapore: Monsoon Books, →ISBN
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APA

ang mo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ang%20mo

MLA

“ang mo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ang%20mo. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ang mo,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ang%20mo.

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