An·glo-In·di·an

(ăng′glō-ĭn′dē-ən)

adj.

Of, relating to, or between England and India.

1. A person of English and Indian ancestry.

2. A person of English birth or ancestry living in India.

3. The variety of English used in India.

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Anglo-Indian

adj

1. of or relating to England and India

2. denoting or relating to Anglo-Indians

3. (of a word) introduced into English from an Indian language

4. a person of mixed English and Indian descent

5. an English person who lives or has lived for a long time in India

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	Anglo-Indian - a person of English citizenship born or living in India English person - a native or inhabitant of England
Adj.	1.	Anglo-Indian - relating to British India or the English in India

Translations

Anglo-Indian

[ˈæŋgləʊˈɪndɪən]

A. ADJ → angloindio

B. N → angloindio/a m/f

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The London party only numbered eight--the Fussells, father and son, two Anglo-Indian ladies named Mrs.

Warrington herself, leading the quiet child; the two Anglo-Indian ladies were always last.

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Jos's friends were all from the three presidencies, and his new house was in the comfortable Anglo-Indian district of which Moira Place is the centre.

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Then the grey sky-line brightened into silver, and in the broadening light he realized that he had been to the house which belonged to an Anglo-Indian Major named Putnam; and that the Major had a native cook from Malta who was of his communion.

By no social law, rigid or implied, could he be supposed to linger round the lunch of the Anglo-Indian friends; but he lingered, covering his position with torrents of amusing but quite needless conversation.

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A soldier stood as a sentry outside, and a superior soldier, an Anglo-Indian officer of distinction, sat writing at the desk inside.

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I cannot trace the feeling to its root; perhaps the place was built by an Anglo-Indian.

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Then came the Battle of North India, in which the entire Anglo-Indian aeronautic settlement establishment fought for three days against overwhelming odds, and was dispersed and destroyed in detail.

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Only, if you succeed in becoming pukka, you can rise, you know, to four hundred and fifty a month.' Whereat the Principal gave him much good advice as to his conduct, and his manners, and his morals; and others, his elders, who had not been wafted into billets, talked as only Anglo-Indian lads can, of favouritism and corruption.

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I have found a wing of his house turned into a hospital for sick men, and there I once spent a week in the company of two dismal nurses and a specialist in "Sprue." Another time the place was full of schoolboys--sons of Anglo-Indians whom the Infant had collected for the holidays, and they nearly broke his keeper's heart.

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"The community could no longer stand on two stools," wrote Frank Anthony, an Anglo-Indian leader who occupied one of the reserved parliamentary seats for decades.

The two MPs of British descent who do not have to stand in Indian election

Many Anglo-Indian families lived in the Railway Colony and the adjoining suburb of Garhi Shahu, which reflected a festive air as celebrations began.

'Tis the season to be Jolly!