Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or between England and India.
- noun A person of English and Indian ancestry.
- noun A person of English birth or ancestry living in India.
- noun The variety of English used in India.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Connected with both England and India; combining English and Indian characteristics: as, Anglo-Indian trade; Anglo-Indian words.
- Relating to or connected with those parts of India which belong to Great Britain or are under British protection: as, the Anglo-Indian empire.
- Relating or pertaining to the Anglo-Indians: as, Anglo-Indian housekeeping.
- noun One of the English race born or resident in the East Indies.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a person of English citizenship born or living in India.
- noun One of the Anglo-Indian race born or resident in the East Indies.
- adjective relating to British India or the English in India, or to the English and East Indian peoples or languages.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a person from the Anglo-Indian community (a distinct community originating in India with ancestry from several European and Indian ethnic groups)
- noun a person of
English orBritish citizenship orancestry living inIndia (historical) - adjective of, relating to, or between
England , orBritain , andIndia
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to British India or the English in India
- noun a person of English citizenship born or living in India
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Examples
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People of exclusively British origin who were born in India are also sometimes called Anglo-Indian, but normally it denotes those of mixed race.
My Indian summer 2011
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SHAMPOO 1. Hobson-Jobson: The Anglo-Indian Dictionary, eds.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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SHAMPOO 1. Hobson-Jobson: The Anglo-Indian Dictionary, eds.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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In the far northwest, comprising western Ohio and the Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan Territories, the Americans battled an Anglo-Indian alliance, with Tecumseh serving as the nominal leader for the northwestern Indians.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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Yet it isn't really Indian; it's Anglo-Indian, concocted from a classic Indian preparation to suit British tastes.
Hope & Glory 2011
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The British rulers of colonial India sent an Anglo-Indian army into Afghanistan in 1839 to establish it as a buffer state against the advances of imperial Russia in Central Asia.
In Bob Woodward's 'Obama's Wars,' Neil Sheehan sees parallels to Vietnam Neil Sheehan 2010
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The British rulers of colonial India sent an Anglo-Indian army there in 1839 to establish Afghanistan as a buffer state against the advances of imperial Russia in Central Asia.
In Bob Woodward's 'Obama's Wars,' Neil Sheehan sees parallels to Vietnam Neil Sheehan 2010
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Anglo-Indian cooperation, however, only opened up well-established American bugaboos about the violence of an Indian war; even Thomas Jefferson linked the war to those emotions, arguing in June 1812, “[To take] possession of that country [Canada] secures our women & children for ever from the tomahawk & scalping knife, by removing those who excite them.”
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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Peter Carty decided it was time to celebrate his mother's Anglo-Indian heritage.
My Indian summer 2011
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My brother-in-law's mum is Anglo-Indian and I've been privileged to watched her cook for the past 30 years.
Observer Food Monthly Awards 2011 best reader's recipe: Maria Kuehn 2011
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