Englishman
proper noun
- person from England
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”).
- 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.”
- A grey partridge (in contrast with Frenchman, red-legged partridge).
- 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 ...”
- 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!”