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Anglo-Indian definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: relating to British India or the English in India n
1: a person of English citizenship born or living in India

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. 1 of or relating to England and India. 2 a of British descent or birth but living or having lived long in India. b of mixed British and Indian parentage. 3 (of a word) adopted into English from an Indian language. --n. an Anglo-Indian person.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Anglo- An"glo-[NL. Anglus English. See Anglican.] A combining form meaning the same as English; or English and, or English conjoined with; as, Anglo-Turkish treaty, Anglo-German, Anglo-Irish. Anglo-American, . Of or pertaining to the English and Americans, or to the descendants of Englishmen in America. -- n. A descendant from English ancestors born in America, or the United States. Anglo-Danish, a. Of or pertaining to the English and Danes, or to the Danes who settled in England. Anglo-Indian, a. Of or pertaining to the English in India, or to the English and East Indian peoples or languages. -- n. One of the Anglo-Indian race born or resident in the East Indies. Anglo-Norman, a. Of or pertaining to the English and Normans, or to the Normans who settled in England. -- n. One of the English Normans, or the Normans who conquered England. Anglo-Saxon. See Anglo-Saxon in the Vocabulary.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(Anglo-Indians) 1. An Anglo-Indian person is someone whose family is partly British and partly Indian. ...Anglo-Indian writer Amitav Ghosh. ADJ: usu ADJ n 2. An Anglo-Indian is someone who is Anglo-Indian. N-COUNT