ANGLOPHONE


Meaning of ANGLOPHONE in English

/ ˈæŋgləʊfəʊn; NAmE -oʊfoʊn/ noun

a person who speaks English, especially in countries where English is not the only language that is spoken

►  anglo·phone adjective :

anglophone communities

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WORD ORIGIN

early 20th cent. (as a noun; rare before the 1960s): from Anglo- + -phone (see phone ), on the pattern of francophone .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.