Sentence:  It is doubtless true that American English lacks a tradition for the pronunciation of <WSD>"Anthony</WSD>", a name which was not often bestowed upon American males until the comparatively recent craze for supposedly swank "British" Christian names, like "Stephen", "Peter", "Michael", etc., in this country. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (from=Latin), in regular use since the Middle Ages.