Anglicist

English Etymology en :af Anglic<id:pertaining to the family of languages descended from Old English> -ist + 1 Noun Expert on English studies. en Thesaurus:philologist en historical In colonial India, one who argued for English, rather than Indian languages, as the medium of instruction in education. en 28 July 2026 Claudia Lange Colonial birdwatching Journal of Historical Sociolinguistics 11 https://doi.org/10.1515/jhsl-2025-0006 In the ongoing debate about how best to use the funds for education in India, the Orientalists argued for the Indian languages both as objects of study and medium of instruction. The Anglicists, on the other hand, advocated the dissemination of (allegedly superior) Western knowledge through the medium of English. Translations expert on Anglistics Czech: cs anglista m, cs anglistka f Dutch: nl anglist m f Finnish: fi anglisti German: de Anglist m, de Anglistin f Hungarian: hu anglista Macedonian: mk англи́ст m, mk англи́стка f Polish: pl anglista m, pl anglistka f Portuguese: pt anglicista m f Serbo-Croatian: sh anglist m, sh anglistkinja f Swedish: sv anglist c Further reading en Linguists