Anglophone

Anglophone
/ang"gleuh fohn'/, (sometimes l.c.) n.
1. an English-speaking person, esp. a native speaker of English.
adj.
2. of or pertaining to speakers of English.
[1965-70; ANGLO- + -PHONE]

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