Englishman
Americannoun
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Englishmen
plural
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a native or a naturalized citizen of England.
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an English ship.
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Englishman
before 950; Middle English; Old English Engliscman. See English, man
Example Sentences
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The teams are getting better, too—even the Ship Inn’s, said Pete Deakin, an Englishman who works to spread word of the sport in Scotland as the Marylebone club’s representative.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Benn, a 29-year-old Englishman, is the son of a former middleweight and super middleweight world champion.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
Were Kane to win the Ballon d'Or he would be only the second Englishman to win it since the 1970s and the first since Michael Owen in 2001.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
The world champion went a step further than he managed at Tuesday's PC27, but still fell short of the title, which was won by fellow Englishman Luke Humphries with an 8-6 victory over Dolan.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
The Englishman was sitting on a bench in a structure that smelled of animals, sweat, and dust; it was part warehouse, part corral.
From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
Also, not only can you rent a bike from Mad Dogs & Englishmen, you can rent a sidecar for your dog.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
When hostilities spread across the Atlantic, Englishmen in North America referred to the ensuing conflagration as King William’s War.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Accompanying the Englishmen are four Northern Indians: Datsanthi, the elder; his son Nabayah; and their wives, Pawpitch and Keasik.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
The last Englishmen to achieve the feat were Darren Gough and Dean Headley in 1998.
From Barron's ● Dec. 26, 2025
The sullen, rebellious people standing about watching Percy and his staff approaching, waiting for the brigade to march, all were Englishmen.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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