Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A native of England living in Ireland.
- noun A native of Ireland living in England.
- noun A person of mixed Irish and English ancestry.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Connected with both England and Ireland; relating to both these countries or to their inhabitants.
- Pertaining to the English who have settled in Ireland, or to their descendants.
- Of English parentage on one side and of Irish on the other.
- English people born or resident in Ireland.
- Descendants of parents English on one side and Irish on the other.
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Examples
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REEVES: One bank, the Anglo-Irish, is responsible for the biggest chunk of these debts, up to $47 billion.
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REEVES: One bank, the Anglo-Irish, is responsible for the biggest chunk of these debts, up to $47 billion.
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There's the obvious Anglo-Irish confrontations between the half-backs: Eoin Reddan and Johnny Sexton against Youngs and Flood.
Leicester's and Leinster's Heineken meeting is a delicious prospect | Eddie Butler 2011
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You wouldn't think that an historic milestone in Anglo-Irish relations was about to be reached, with the first state visit of a British monarch to Ireland since its independence.
Barack Obama and the Queen to visit Ireland during its time of despair 2011
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“If you look, for example, at the series of events from the Anglo-Irish War …”
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At 17, he joined Michael Collins as his bodyguard during trips to London for the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations.
Jack Healey: Amnesty International and St. Patrick's Day Jack Healey 2011
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Edgeworth's first novel, "Castle Rackrent" 1800, the story of a declining Anglo-Irish family as told by a colorful family retainer, seemed to him "one of the most inspired chronicles written in English."
Putting Sweet Sounds Together Wes Davis 2011
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The piece also noted all editions that it was in partnership with Margaret Thatcher's government, "and notably her foreign secretary Lord Carrington", that Garret FitzGerald negotiated the Anglo-Irish agreement.
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At 17, he joined Michael Collins as his bodyguard during trips to London for the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations.
Jack Healey: Amnesty International and St. Patrick's Day Jack Healey 2011
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Of course it's happened before – as recently as 2009 – but with so much worry about the power of the euro and the wealth of the French clubs, an Anglo-Irish set-to at the Millennium Stadium in three weeks would come like a breath of fresh air.
Leinster and Northampton can reverse trend and make French toast | Shaun Edwards 2011
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