Englishman
Americannoun
plural
Englishmen-
a native or a naturalized citizen of England.
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an English ship.
noun
Etymology
Origin of Englishman
before 950; Middle English; Old English Engliscman. See English, man
Example Sentences
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I’m close to my dad, and my dad is, I would also say a vulnerability cheerleader, and a very refreshingly emotional Englishman.
From Los Angeles Times
“Pretentious Englishman is not too much of a reach for me,” Radcliffe jokes.
Englishmen have reached 25 runs 14 times so far – the most of any team in the competition – but only four of those knocks have been converted into fifties.
From BBC
In Lee Knight’s film, a chance meeting between a young Black Englishman in the process of finding himself and an elderly, white Englishwoman blossoms into an unexpected kinship — one based on Knight’s experience.
From Los Angeles Times
Some Englishmen helped him get a place on a ship coming back home.
From Literature
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