Anglo-
(ˈæŋgləʊ)
originally L., combining form of Angl-us English; in derivatives, as Anglophobia; compounds, as Anglo-Saxon; combinations, as Anglo-Turkish. For history see Anglo-Saxon.
1. a. English, of England; as in Anglo-Catholic, Anglo-Saxon; Anglo-Danish, pertaining to the Danes in England; Anglo-French, the French retained and separately developed in England; Anglo-Latin, Anglicised Latin; Anglo-Norse a., pertaining to the Norse in England during the Anglo-Saxon period, esp. to their language; also as n.; Anglo-Scandinavian a., pertaining to England and Scandinavia, esp. to the Norsemen in England in the Anglo-Saxon period; also as n.; Anglo-Judaic, Anglo-Jewish (so Anglo-Jewry), Anglo-Norman. Also, b. Of English race, origin, descent (though now living temporarily or permanently elsewhere), as Anglo-American, Anglo-Canadian, Anglo-Hibernian, Anglo-Indian, Anglo-Irish.
| a. [1584 Fenner Def. Ministers (1587) F iv, The Iesuites who dayly laugh at vs both, calling some Anglo-puritani.] 1791 Boswell Johnson (1831) I. 198 Sir Thomas Browne..was remarkably fond of Anglo-Latin diction. Ibid. 293 This Anglo-Latian word procerity. 1859 Gen. P. Thompson Audi Alt. Part. II. lxxxviii. 59 Rebuilt, whether in the Italo-Gothic or the Anglo-Gothic style. 1871 Times 7 July 5/2 An influential meeting..for the purpose of constituting the Anglo-Jewish Association of the Universal Israelitish Alliance. 1908 W. G. Collingwood Scandinavian Britain ii. 167 Edward's reign was disturbed throughout by a struggle between the Anglo-Scandinavians and the Franco-Scandinavians. 1910 Westm. Gaz. 9 Apr. 5/1 It may..be accepted that only books worthy of preservation are paid this compliment in Anglo-Jewry. 1924 Mawer & Stenton Introd. Surv. Eng. Place-Names ix. 183 The time has therefore not yet come for any general estimate of the character of Anglo-Scandinavian personal nomenclature in the phases which preceded its final disappearance. 1927 E. V. Gordon Introd. O. Norse 306 The change of Norse w to bilabial v had not taken place in Anglo-Norse. Ibid. 304 The Anglo-Norse form borrowed in English..shows no trace of the fronting of g. 1936 P. Thorson (title) Anglo-Norse Studies. An Inquiry into the Scandinavian Elements in the Modern English Dialects. 1961 New Left Rev. Jan.–Feb. 60/2 An official Anglo-Jewry, represented by such institutions as the Chief Rabbi. |
| b. 1789–96 Morse Amer. Geog. I. 669 They never shed the blood of an Anglo American. 1842 Penny Cycl. s.v. Texas, Distrust between the Anglo-American colonists..and the settlers of Spanish descent. 1858 Gen. P. Thompson Audi Alt. P. I. xlvii. 183 That sensible men consider Nana Sahib as an Anglo-Indian myth. 1861 Swinhoe N. China Camp. 153 Called Bier by the Anglo-Indians. 1882 Standard 5 Dec. 5/5 Amongst Anglo-Egyptians..the prevailing feelings are very different. |
c. Used separately.
rare.
| 1844 A. Mallalieu Buenos Ayres 65 The federal system in the Anglo States of America. |
2. English
and; English in connexion with; as
Anglo-Boer,
Anglo-Chinese,
Anglo-Egyptian,
Anglo-French,
Anglo-Soviet,
Anglo-Turkish, etc.
Cf. the similar
Franco-German,
Græco-Roman, and other modern combinations.
| 1900 Westm. Gaz. 4 May 11/3 A large proportion of the money hoarded up, as a consequence of the Anglo-Boer War, will be set into circulation so soon as peace shall be declared. 1961 Times 18 May 18/4 Events that led up to the Anglo-Boer war. |
| 1855 (title) Diplomatic Mystifications and Popular Credulity; or, The Anglo-French Alliance. |
| 1878 N. Amer. Rev. CXXVII. 396 The Anglo-Russian convention. |
| 1924 Glasgow Herald 12 July 9/3 If an agreement which is at present being considered by the Anglo-Soviet Conference is finally approved it will have the effect of benefiting the Soviet Government. 1939 E. H. Carr Propaganda in Internat. Politics 19 The Anglo-Soviet Trade Agreement of March 1921. 1943 Lancet 26 June 818/2 The Anglo-Soviet Medical Council. |
| 1878 N. Amer. Rev. CXXVII. 396 The Anglo-Turkish treaty. |