anglo

an·glo
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UK/ˈæŋ.ɡləʊ̯/UK[ˈæŋ.ɡləʊ̯]UK/ˈæŋ.ɡlɵʊ̯/UK[ˈæŋ.ɡlɵ̞ʊ̯]

noun

An English person or person of English ancestry.

“Back when we went to the World Cup in South Africa, we saw many anglos waving English flags.”

CommonScrabble 6

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anglo1

nounanglo (plural anglos)

plural anglos · alternative Anglo

  1. An English person or person of English ancestry.

    Back when we went to the World Cup in South Africa, we saw many anglos waving English flags.

    1. AustraliainformalAn Anglo-Australian (as opposed to Australians of Mediterranean or Middle Eastern background)
  2. nonstandardA British person or person of British ancestry.
  3. Clipping of anglophone.
    1. CanadainformalAn English-speaking Quebecer.
    2. SouthwesternUSinformaloffensivesometimesA North American, especially a white one (regardless of actual ethnicity), whose native language is English (as opposed to Americans who have another native language).
      1 more example

      Spanish was the only "foreign" language taught in the school, where most of the students spoke Spanish as a first language, and it was taught by an Anglo teacher from textbooks written by and for Anglos […] Somehow, the school administration saw no contradiction in rewarding Anglo students for learning to conjugate ser while punishing Chicano students for speaking Spanish on the school grounds.

      1984 February 4, David Morris, “Different Origins: Joto Güero del West Side”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 28, page 15

Anglo2

nounAnglo (plural Anglos)

plural Anglos

  1. Alternative letter-case form of anglo.

    Since the Anglo occupation of the Great Basin, pottery has been a global commodity in the world market.

    1999 September, Timothy J. Scarlett, “Narcissus’s Mirror: Manufacture and Modernism in the American Great Basin—The Case of Pottery”, in International Journal of Historical Archaeology, volume 3, number 3, New York, N.Y.: Plenum Publishing Corporation, →DOI, →ISSN, section “Introduction”, page 167

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APA

anglo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anglo

MLA

“anglo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anglo. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anglo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anglo.

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