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ˌAnglo-Aˈmerican, n. and a.
[f. Anglo- + American.]
A. n.
a. An American of English origin.
[1738Remarks on Trial of J. P. Zenger i. 16 (Signature of letter), I am yours, &c. Anglo-Americanus.] 1787S. S. Smith Ess. Complexion (1788) 194 The Anglo-Americans on the frontiers of the states, who acquire their sustenance principally by hunting. 1792J. Morse Amer. Geogr. (ed. 2) 63 The greater part, however, are descended from the English; and for the sake of distinction, are called Anglo-Americans. 1856Simms Charlemont 19 That sleepless discontent of temper, which, perhaps,..is the moral failing in the character of the Anglo-American. 1948Seventeen June 4/4 We had a Chinese boy cheerleader, a Mexican girl cheerleader, and three Anglo-Americans.
b. In contrast to the non-English races in, or on the borders of, the United States.
1828C. Sealsfield Americans as they Are xi. 132 The Anglo-Americans, however, treat their slaves throughout better than the French. 1842McDonogh Papers (1898) 64 The Anglo-Americans, a term by which all Americans and strangers generally are called by the natives of Louisiana of French descent. 1858Texas Almanac 114 The Anglo-Americans of Texas were threatened with subjection to military despotism.
B. adj.
a. Of or pertaining to Americans of English origin.
1797Pinckney in State P. (1819) III. 140, I should have made some observation on being termed Anglo-American, but, on inquiry, I found it was customary to call all my countrymen so, to distinguish us from the inhabitants of St. Domingo, and the other French West India Islands. 1841H. S. Foote Texas & Texans i. 91 The heroic achievements of these three hundred Anglo-American soldiers. 1851C. Cist Cincinnati 34 Destined to render the Anglo-American race paramount throughout this great continent. 1880G. W. Cable Grandissimes liii. 402 A comparison of..Anglo-American and Franco-American conventionalities.
b. Of or belonging to both England and America.
1812H. Marshall Hist. Kentucky 81 The Anglo-American army, then on its march to attack the French and Indians, posted in Fort Duquesne. 1843Knickerbocker XXII. 90 The ‘American Book Circular’ recently put forth by Mr. Geo. P. Putnam, of the Anglo-American House of Wiley and Putnam. 1898W. James Coll. Ess. & Rev. (1920) 436 The great Anglo-American alliance against the world, of which we nowadays hear so much. 1933Discovery Dec. 359/1 An Anglo-American agreement has now been reached regarding a transatlantic air service.
Hence ˌAnglo-Aˈmericanism.
1803Christian Observer II. Sept. 554 Occasional vulgarisms (possibly Anglo-Americanisms). 1841H. S. Foote Texas & Texans i. 110 In the land [sc. England] whence what we now call Anglo-Americanism has derived its origin.
▸ Originally: of or designating the English language as used in America. Now chiefly: of or designating the English language, regarded as the language of both Britain and America (cf. sense A. 1a).
1810Edinb. Rev. Nov. 115 The two first words of it bespeak a foreign idiom, characterizing, as might be expected, the Anglo-American language, in which this Journal is written. 1833N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 14 But if we know any thing of the Anglo-American dialects, the conversations in Mrs. Trollope are..fabrications. 1894N.Y. Times 30 Dec. 21/4 We did, indeed, know, we Americans, that the city fortress..had smuggled one unregenerate, unreformable shibboleth—tariff—into the Anglo-American language. 1961Amer. Speech 36 45 A number of Anglo-American loanwords [in German] are related to golf, horse racing, swimming, hockey, and track. 1995Daily Yomiuri (Nexis) 1 Jan. 15 All attempts to stop the progression of the Anglo-American language proved to be vain. We have to admit that English now has a special status. |