Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • A combining form meaning the same as English; or English and, or English conjoined with.
  • Of or pertaining to the English and Danes, or to the Danes who settled in England.

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  • prefix England, English
  • prefix Anglo-Saxon

Etymologies

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From Angle

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Examples

  • The decade also witnessed a decline in the state's Anglo- American population to 40.8 percent by 2008 from 47.2 percent in 2000, according to data from the California Finance Department's demographics office.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

  • The Anglo- Australian miner also announced a $5bn share buyback as a way of returning capital to shareholders, as it unveiled its 2010 results.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

  • Thanks to Bradford and other Anglo- American leaders, Thanksgiving would turn out to be only a brief moment of cooperation that faded as settlers learned how to survive without local aid and cultural tensions escalated into violence.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

  • Feb. 23 Bloomberg -- Logica Plc dropped as much as 4.1 percent in London trading after full-year profit at the Anglo- Dutch computer services provider missed analyst estimates.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

  • Ireland had to be goaded into it by fear of the Anglo- Saxon invader making off with the goodies in their own back yard.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

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