Englishman

[ ing-glish-muhn or, often, -lish- ]

noun,plural Eng·lish·men.
  1. a native or a naturalized citizen of England.

  2. an English ship.

Origin of Englishman

1
before 950; Middle English; Old English Engliscman.See English, man

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How to use Englishman in a sentence

  • Next morning Rome rang with the affair; by noon all three Englishmen were safely over the frontier.

  • The man was accustomed to the French of Englishmen, and withdrew without moving a muscle of his face.

    Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry Wood
  • I have elsewhere spoken of the indifferent figure made by most Englishmen at public speaking.

    Glances at Europe | Horace Greeley
  • However, I am bound to admit that it is a first-rate country for sport—also for killing Englishmen.

    Hunting the Lions | R.M. Ballantyne
  • Those two remarkable Englishmen were alike in their daring inventiveness, and not unlike in face and person.

British Dictionary definitions for Englishman

Englishman

/ (ˈɪŋɡlɪʃmən) /


nounplural -men
  1. a male native or inhabitant of England

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