The Collaborative International Dictionary
Anglo-French \Anglo-French\ n. 1. 1 the French (Norman) language used in medieval England.
Syn: Anglo-Norman
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
the French written in England from the Norman Conquest (1066) through the Middle Ages; the administrative and legal language of England 12c.-17c.; the name is attested from 1887 and was popularized, if not coined, by Skeat.\n\nAnd Frenssh she spak ful faire and fetisly,\n
After the scole of Stratford-atte-Bowe,\n
For Frenssh of Parys was to hir unknowe.\n
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Wikipedia
Anglo-French is a term used in contexts involving France and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK). Strictly the designation "Anglo-" refers specifically to England, not the UK as a whole, but it is understood to refer to the UK and not only England. The term "Franco-British" is sometimes used instead.
- France–United Kingdom relations – any joint activities between France and the UK
- Nationality – a person with one English parent and one French parent may be said to be Anglo-French
- Linguistic – may be used to refer to the dialect of French that developed in England following the decline of the Norman language there. It may also be used erroneously to describe the Anglo-Norman language
- Anglo-Français and Français (hound) – an ancient type of hunting dog
- Anglo-French (automobile) – made in Birmingham, England 1896–7
The Anglo-French was an English automobile manufactured by Leon l'Hollier's Anglo-French Motor Carriage Company of Birmingham from 1896 to 1897; the cars were basically Roger-Benz vehicles modified for the British market.
Usage examples of "anglo-french".
Lastly, in 1860, while the Anglo-French forces were entering Pekin, Russia obtained without a blow the cession of the region south of the Amur and east of the Ussuri, stretching along the coast to the Corean frontier.
More than one man who had become aware that Simon Darrow was in full chase after the Anglo-French Comtesse determined to place their bets when next at their club that they would marry before the Season was over.
Dashing from one to the other, pleading, exhorting, expounding Britain’s shame if the shilly-shallying Liberals held back now, was Henry Wilson, the heart, soul, spirit, backbone, and legs of the Anglo-French military “conversations.
In February of that year Anglo-French plans had reached the point where Joffre could tell the Supreme War Council that he counted on the British for six infantry divisions and one cavalry division and two mounted brigades, totaling 145,000 men.