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Englishman

proper noun

  1. person from England
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɪŋ.lɪʃ.mən/ / /ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ.mən/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English Englishman, Inglishman, from Old English Englisċman, Englisċmon, corresponding to English + -man. Compare Old Norse Englismaðr (“Englishman”).

  1. A native or inhabitant of England; a man who is English by ancestry, birth, descent, or naturalisation.

    the Ynglishe men had great vyctorye, for there was taken and slayne a greate nombar, and there was slayne the lorde Morley and Englishe man.

    To see twenty or thirty female Englishmen of full regulation-size dancing a ballet, is an overpowering luxury.

  2. A grey partridge (in contrast with Frenchman, red-legged partridge).
  3. A Canadian of British descent and/or whose first language is English (as opposed to French-descended, French-speaking Canadians).

    ... others, an aging Englishman who would do anything to further his fortune ...

  4. A South African of British descent, and/or whose first language is English (as opposed to Afrikaans-speaking Afrikaner South Africans).

    Fucking above your head Englishman!