ANGLO-INDIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Anglo-Indian mean? 

• ANGLO-INDIAN (noun)
  The noun ANGLO-INDIAN has 1 sense:

1. a person of English citizenship born or living in India

  Familiarity information: ANGLO-INDIAN used as a noun is very rare.

• ANGLO-INDIAN (adjective)
  The adjective ANGLO-INDIAN has 1 sense:

1. relating to British India or the English in India

  Familiarity information: ANGLO-INDIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANGLO-INDIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person of English citizenship born or living in India

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Anglo-Indian" is a kind of...):

English person (a native or inhabitant of England)

Derivation:

Anglo-Indian (relating to British India or the English in India)

• ANGLO-INDIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to British India or the English in India

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

India (a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947)

Derivation:

Anglo-Indian (a person of English citizenship born or living in India)

 Context examples 

He handed over the book, and I read, Moran, Sebastian, Colonel. Unemployed. Formerly 1st Bangalore Pioneers. Born London, 1840. Son of Sir Augustus Moran, C.B., once British Minister to Persia. Educated Eton and Oxford. Served in Jowaki Campaign, Afghan Campaign, Charasiab (despatches), Sherpur, and Cabul. Author of Heavy Game of the Western Himalayas (1881); Three Months in the Jungle (1884). Address: Conduit Street. Clubs: The Anglo-Indian, the Tankerville, the Bagatelle Card Club.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)