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An·glo

(ăng′glō)

n. pl. An·glos

1. An Anglo-American.

2. An English-speaking person, especially a white North American who is not of Hispanic or French ancestry.

An′glo adj.

Usage Note: In contemporary American usage, Anglo is used primarily in distinguishing a white English-speaking person from a person of Hispanic heritage. In this context it is not limited to persons of English ancestry, but can be generally applied to any non-Hispanic white person. Thus in parts of the United States with large Hispanic populations, an American of Polish, Irish, or German heritage might be termed an Anglo just as readily as a person of English ancestry. However, in parts of the country where the Hispanic community is small, or in areas where ethnic distinctions among European groups remain strong, Anglo has little currency as a general term for non-Hispanic whites. · Anglo is also used in non-Hispanic contexts. In Canada, where its usage dates at least to 1800, the distinction is between persons of English and French ancestry. And in American historical contexts Anglo is normally used more strictly to refer to persons of English heritage.

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Anglo

(ˈæŋɡləʊ)

n, pl -glos

1. US a White inhabitant of the United States who is not of Latin extraction

2. Austral an Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent

3. Canadian an English-speaking Canadian, esp one of Anglo-Celtic origin; an Anglo-Canadian

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An•glo

(ˈæŋ gloʊ)

n., pl. -glos,
adj. n.

1. a white American of non-Hispanic descent.

2. a Canadian whose first language is English, as distinguished from French-speaking Canadians.

3. Anglo-American.

adj.

4. of or pertaining to Anglos.

[1835–45; Anglo-]

Anglo-

a combining form of English: Anglo-Norman; Anglo-Catholic.

[< Late Latin Angl(us) Angle + -o-]

Translations

Anglo

[ˈæŋgləʊ] N → blanco/a m/f, americano/a m/f (de origen no hispano)

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

References in classic literature ?

as if we hadn't had enough of that abominable, contemptible Hayti![1] The Haytiens were not Anglo Saxons; if they had been there would have been another story.

"Well, there is a pretty fair infusion of Anglo Saxon blood among our slaves, now," said Augustine.

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In the House, eight of the 49 Democrats are Anglos, compared with 37 a decade ago.

Now there are eight Anglo Democrats, and half of them represent districts where Anglos don't have a majority.

Anglo Democratic Lawmakers: From Endangered to Protected Species?

Huntington writes, "Lionel Sosa, a successful Texas Mexican-American businessman, in 1998 hailed the emerging Hispanic middle-class professionals who look like Anglos, but whose 'values remain quite different from an Anglo's.'" But if we were to inquire into the nature of those values, I bet we would hear reference to family, church, community, and the like.

The newest Americans: integrating the great Hispanic migration

The town of Seguin, Texas in the 1940s to the 1960s was divided by race (Mexican-Americans, Anglos, blacks), by religion (Catholics, Protestants), and by wealth (rich, poor).

I was a Latino in an Anglo world and a Protestant in a Catholic barrio....

Maldonado, David, Jr. Crossing Guadalupe Street; growing Up Hispanic & Protestant

While local Anglos were largely Protestant, the Mexicans were mostly Catholic, meeting the primary requirement of the New York Foundling Hospital, the Catholic-run agency that brought orphans and abandoned children west on "orphan trains."

The trial judge, without testimony from any Mexicans, sanctioned the mob action and awarded the children to the Anglos who stole them.

The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction

Foley states that "Gendered notions of whiteness thus played an important role in whitening Mexicans and in complicating whiteness for Anglos like Hickey ..., who wondered aloud how Anglo-American tenant farmers could claim to be white if they acted like peons" (p.

The White Scourge: Mexicans, Blacks, and Poor Whites in Texas Cotton Culture

"Fixed as they were on this image of the melting pot, of immigrants fleeing a disruptive revolution to find a place in the American sun, Anglos did not on the whole understand that assimilation would be considered by most Cubans a doubtful goal at best.'

Miami

At the very onset of Mexican Baptist history in Texas, Mexicans who came to faith in the newly established Texas Republic became members of both Mexican Baptist congregations and Anglo Baptist congregations in Texas.

Unification to integration: a brief history of the Hispanic Baptist Convention of Texas: my first experience with the Hispanic Baptist Convention of Texas (HBCT) was as a Royal Ambassador staffer working with Noe Vella, director of Royal Ambassadors at Primera Iglesia Bautista in Corpus Christi, Texas

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