Noun
An English person or person of English ancestry.
Back when we went to the World Cup in South Africa, we saw many anglos waving English flags.
(Southwestern US, informal, sometimes offensive) a North American, especially a white one (regardless of actual ethnicity), whose native language is English (as opposed to Americans who have another native language).
I'm not an anglo: my grandparents are from Lithuania.
(Australia, informal) an Anglo-Australian (as opposed to Australians of Mediterranean or Middle Eastern background).
(Canada, informal) an English-speaking Quebecer.
A white-skinned person.
(nonstandard) A British person or person of British ancestry.
Anglo (plural Anglos)
Alternative letter-case form of anglo
Why should we not form a secret society with but one object, the furtherance of the British Empire and the bringing of the whole world under British rule, for the recovery of the United States, for making the Anglo Saxon race but one Empire? What a dream, but yet it is probable; it is possible. Cecil Rhodes
Right now, the Anglo people are desperately trying to hold on to the United States, like they tried to hold on to Africa. Edward James Olmos
I am the daughter of a Chicana and anglo. I think most days I am an embarrassment to both groups. I sometimes hate the white in me so viciously that I long to forget the commitment my skin has imposed upon my life. Cherríe Moraga
You need mentors, people with that desire to support women and the vision to have more. We have that in Anglo American in a big way. Cynthia Carroll
I know this isn't a widespread view in the Anglo Saxon world, but I believe that much of the reconciliation between more centralized governance and the scope for democracy - democratic control - will be resolved through an even stronger role of the European Parliament. Mario Monti
I am not in the business of pointing fingers or making excuses. However, recent history has shown that I, like thousands of others in Ireland, incorrectly relied upon the persons who guided Anglo and who wrongfully sought to portray a 'blue chip' Irish banking sector. Sean Quinn