anglo-american

1. 1.

   an American who was born in Britain or one whose ancestors were British

   BroaderAmerican

Questions about anglo-american

What does anglo-american mean?

anglo-american means "an American who was born in Britain or one whose ancestors were British".

How many syllables are in anglo-american?

anglo-american has 6 syllables and divides as an-glo--a-me-ri-can under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is anglo-american a common word?

anglo-american is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.