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Anglican
Anglican Church
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Anglo

An·glo [ áng glō ] (plural An·glos) or an·glo [ áng glō ] (plural an·glos)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. Hispanic non-Hispanic white person: an English-speaking white person in the United States who is not of Hispanic origin

2. Canada English-speaking Canadian: an English-speaking person in Canada, especially in Quebec

[Early 19th century. <Anglo-]

Word Usage

Anglo is the counterpart of Latino/Latina or Hispanic. In one sense it refers to any white person whose first language is English and whose descent is not Latin American or Hispanic. In another sense Anglo refers to any Canadian person whose first language is English and whose descent is British, not French.

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