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Englishman

American  
[ing-glish-muhn, -lish-] / ˈɪŋ glɪʃ mən, -lɪʃ- /

noun

plural

Englishmen
  1. a native or a naturalized citizen of England.

  2. an English ship.


Englishman British  
/ ˈɪŋɡlɪʃmən /

noun

  1. a male native or inhabitant of England

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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.

From The Wall Street Journal

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