Englishman

[ ing-glish-muh n or, often, -lish- ]

/ ˈɪŋ glɪʃ mən or, often, -lɪʃ- /

noun, plural Eng·lish·men.

a native or a naturalized citizen of England.

an English ship.

Origin of Englishman

before 950; Middle English; Old English Engliscman. See English, man¹

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Examples from the Web for englishman

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Even after he became a citizen in 1955, he regarded himself as an Englishman abroad.
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The actor who plays Bassam—bearded, blue-eyed Englishman Adam Rayner—does what he can with the material, but it's not much.
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The second monster was an Englishman, Richard Vyse, who on a visit to Egypt in 1835 became fascinated by the pyramids of Giza.
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But the individual Englishman that they know, they take at his real value.
Life of Frederick Courtenay Selous, D.S.O.|J.G. Millais
Then turning upon the Englishman, he said fiercely: "What have you come here for?"
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Now, I defy the most able Englishman to go to Switzerland and either to gain that income, or to spend it there.
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And he laid the second enclosure before the young Englishman.
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But Geoffrey possessed all the stubborn determination of a true Englishman.
The Vicar's People|George Manville Fenn

British Dictionary definitions for englishman

Englishman

/ (ˈɪŋɡlɪʃmən) /

noun plural -men

a male native or inhabitant of England

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Englishman

noun, plural Eng·lish·men.

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Englishman

noun plural -men