Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Anglicism"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Anglicism \An"gli*cism\, n. [Cf. F. anglicisme.]
1. An English idiom; a phrase or form language peculiar to
the English. --Dryden.
2. The quality of being English; an English characteristic,
custom, or method.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Anglicism
n 1: an expression that is limited to English as spoken by
Englishmen (especially as contrasted with American
English) [syn: {Anglicism}, {Briticism}, {Britishism}]
2: a custom that is peculiar to England or its citizens [syn: {Anglicism},
{Britishism}]
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