Frenchman
Americannoun
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a native or inhabitant of the French nation.
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a French ship.
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Origin of Frenchman
before 1150; Middle English Frenshman, Old English Frencisc man. See French, man
Example Sentences
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The Frenchman was the Golden Boot winner in Qatar four years ago, and is after another.
From BBC • Jun. 24, 2026
Antoine Chouraqui, a Frenchman who has lived in the United States for a decade, took the development in stride.
From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026
The man who has woven these threads into a coherent outfit is Frenchman Migne, who was Cameroon's assistant coach at Qatar 2022.
From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026
His balding head’s scraggly hair—in contrast to the wigs worn by just about every Frenchman at the time, no matter the social class—is both ennobling and a bit enfeebling, like an aging but distinguished mane.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
The first attempt at measurement that could be called remotely scientific was made by the Frenchman Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, in the 1770s.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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