Anglo-American
English
Etymology
Adjective
Anglo-American (not comparable)
- Of, belonging to, or involving both England (or Britain), and the United States or Canada.
- 2012, Bernard Bailyn, Philip D. Morgan, Strangers Within the Realm, page 135:
- Indian woodworkers, from the obscure Virginia native John the Bowlmaker to the celebrated Mohegan preacher Samson Occom, carved not only the traditional bowls and spoons but also a flat-bottomed vessel specifically designed for Anglo-American tables.
- 2026 January 16, Brendan Simms, “Has a Nazi theorist’s vision of a world divided into ‘great spaces’ found a new advocate in Trump?”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 16 January 2026:
- Obviously, Schmitt envisaged Nazi Germany as the Reich at the heart of the European great space, which he sought to shield from Anglo-American interference.
Translations
of relating to England and USA
|
Noun
Anglo-American (plural Anglo-Americans)
Proper noun
- The English language as used in Britain and North America.
- 2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes[2], page 306:
- The assumption is that for a substantial part of the vocabulary, Anglo-American and Indian English coincide exactly.