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anglicist
nounC2 / Very Low Frequency / Learned Term
/ˈæŋɡlɪsɪst/A specialist in or advocate for English language, literature, or culture.
anglicize
verbverb-ambitransitiveC1
/ˈæŋ.ɡlɪ.saɪz/To make something English in form or character.
anglify
verb-transitiveC2 (Very Low Frequency / Rare)
/ˈaŋɡlɪfʌɪ/To make English in form, character, or style.
angling
nounB1
/ˈæŋɡ(ə)lɪŋ/The activity or sport of fishing with a rod and line.
anglish
nounVery Low
/ˈæŋɡlɪʃ/A linguistic movement or form of English that seeks to remove words of non-Germanic (especially Latin, Greek, and French) origin, favoring native Anglo-Saxon roots.
anglist
nounLow (C2)
/ˈæŋɡlɪst/A specialist in the study of the English language and English literature.
anglistics
nounC2/Extremely Rare/Specialist
/æŋˈɡlɪstɪks/The academic study of the English language and its literature, encompassing linguistics, literary criticism, and cultural studies related to English-speaking countries.
anglo
adjectivenounB2
/ˈæŋ.ɡləʊ/A person of English or British descent, especially one living in a country where English is not the main language.
anglo-american
adjectivenounLow-Medium
/ˌæŋɡləʊ əˈmerɪkən/Relating to or involving both England and the United States, or their peoples, languages, and cultures.
anglo-australian
adjectivenounLow
/ˌæŋ.ɡləʊ.ɒˈstreɪ.li.ən/Relating to both England (or Britain) and Australia, or to people of English/British descent living in Australia.
anglo-catholic
adjectivenounLow
/ˌæŋɡləʊ ˈkæθ(ə)lɪk/Relating to a tradition within the Church of England and other Anglican churches that emphasizes Catholic liturgy, sacraments, and some doctrines, while maintaining Anglican identity and rejecting papal authority.
anglo-catholicism
nounLow
/ˌæŋ.ɡləʊ kəˈθɒl.ɪ.sɪ.zəm/A tradition within the Anglican Communion emphasizing practices, rituals, and theological doctrines that are similar to those of Roman Catholicism.
anglo-celtic
nounC1
/ˌaŋɡləʊ ˈkɛltɪk/Relating to or denoting the peoples and cultures of British and Irish origin, especially in countries like Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, where they form a dominant demographic group.
anglo-egyptian sudan
nounC2
/ˌæŋɡləʊ ɪˈdʒɪpʃ(ə)n suːˈdɑːn/A historical territory in northeastern Africa, jointly administered as a condominium by the United Kingdom and Egypt from 1899 to 1956.
anglo-french
adjectivenounC2
/ˌæŋɡləʊ ˈfrentʃ/The type of Old French spoken and written in medieval England following the Norman Conquest (1066), which subsequently influenced Middle English; also used as a relational adjective for things involving both England and France, or the two countries collectively.
anglo-indian
adjectivenounC1
/ˌæŋɡləʊ ˈɪndiən/Relating to both Britain and India, typically describing people of mixed British and Indian ancestry or aspects of culture from the period of British rule in India.
anglo-irish
adjectivenounC1/C2
/ˌæŋɡləʊ ˈaɪrɪʃ/Of or relating to both England and Ireland, or to the English in Ireland, especially before Irish independence in 1922.
anglo-latin
nounC2
/ˌæŋ.ɡləʊ ˈlæt.ɪn/Latin as used or developed in England from the early medieval period, with distinct English features.
anglo-norman
adjectivenounLow
/ˌæŋɡləʊ ˈnɔːmən/The variety of Old Norman French used in England after the Norman Conquest (1066), which influenced Middle English and English law.
anglo-saxon
adjectivenounC1
/ˌæŋ.ɡləʊ ˈsæk.sən/Relating to the inhabitants of England from the 5th to the 11th centuries, of Germanic origin, before the Norman Conquest; the language they spoke.

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