Frenchman
Americannoun
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Frenchmen
plural
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a native or inhabitant of the French nation.
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a French ship.
noun
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Origin of Frenchman
before 1150; Middle English Frenshman, Old English Frencisc man. See French, man
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Two positive results and the Frenchman will hope he can mount a more consistent upward trend.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
The 56-year-old Frenchman has taken on the unusual challenge of training European bison to perform things they would not naturally do in the wild.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
The move left the Toffees with just one recognisable striker in 23-year-old Frenchman Thierno Barry.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Scotty's remains were discovered by teams from the Royal Saskatchewan Museum in Saskatchewan's Frenchman River Valley, one of North America's richest sites for dinosaur fossils.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
But you would never have got anyone at Crunchem Hall to admit that the Headmistress was a less formidable foe than the famous Frenchman.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
But such policies would be anathema to Frenchmen young and old, immigrant and indigenous.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Frenchmen such as Jean Louis Vignes came here bearing know-how and wine grape stock, and put the old mission varieties in the shade with ever-better vintages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2025
The first iteration of these new competitions took place in Athens in 1896, but Frenchmen and a French fascination with antiquity played a large role, and in 1900 and 1904, the Games moved to Paris.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2024
Barclay selected four Irishmen, four Frenchmen, three Italians, two Englishmen and two Scots, with Garbisi at fly-half.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2024
This Duke entered the Romagna with auxiliary troops, leading an army composed entirely of Frenchmen; and with them he captured Imola and Forli.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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