Anglo

English descent marker

Anglo refers to white English-speaking people, especially in contrast to other ethnic or linguistic groups.

In the American Southwest, Anglo distinguishes white non-Hispanics from Latino populations: The neighborhood is about half Anglo, half Hispanic.

In broader contexts, Anglo- as a prefix relates to England or English-speaking peoples: Anglo-American relations, Anglo-Saxon heritage.

colonial

imperialism

Extending dominion over others

territories · subjugation · colonists · dominion · Commonwealth · overseas · governance · exploitation · plantations · Raj

heritage

ancestry

Family line of descent

descent · inheritance · legacy · bloodline · ethnicity · WASP · assimilation

religious

Anglican

Church of England member

liturgy · Eucharist · communion · clergy · rector · vicar · parish · vestments · Canterbury · Protestantism

history

Tudors

English royal dynasty

Saxons · Jutes · Beowulf · Wessex · Northumbria · Mercia

culture

tea

Steeped leaf beverage

  • cricketChirping legged insect
  • pubLicensed drinking establishment
  • queuingStanding in ordered sequence

monarchy · gentleman · manners · etiquette · understatement · Shakespeare · BBC · politeness · Oxbridge · tweed

linguistic

Germanic

Of Teutonic language stock

runic · Beowulf · loanwords · standardization

Categories
Opposites
ethnicity/cultural heritage

AngloLatino

Latin American by heritage

Hispanic · Chicano · Mexican-American · Mexicano · Indigenous

linguistic origin

AngloHispanic

Of Spanish-speaking origin

Latino · Francophone · Hispanophone · French Canadian · Québécois

linguistic/colonial heritage

AngloHispanic

Of Spanish-speaking origin

Francophone · Franco · Gallic · Iberian · Latin

Phrases
Family

Anglophone, Anglo-Saxon, Angles, Anglo-, Anglophile, Anglos

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G