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
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The Englishman has been out of work since leaving Newcastle in the summer.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
Somehow he has de-dissolved, and we find him working in an Edinburgh pub, looking like an ordinary Englishman, rather than a mechanical man.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
He won the European Golden Shoe in his debut season, the first Englishman since Kevin Phillips to do so, and is the fastest player in Bundesliga history to hit a century of goals.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The only Englishman to compile a Test ton, and the scorer of 141 against India in a one-day international at Lord's, ends with nine scores below 20 from his other 15 innings.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
A Frenchman, not an Englishman, would be remembered for taking the first nibble at the mysterious zeros and infinities that suffused calculus; mathematicians learn of l’Hôpital’s rule when they first learn about calculus.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
For Cohn, “something echoed there” in the image of the young man, who reminded him of the young, wayward Englishmen of the 1950s.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026
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
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
This century, 13 Englishmen have played the final Test of their careers on this ground – a lot when you consider England only come here every four years.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2026
At three in the morning on Billy’s morphine night in prison, a new patient was carried into the hospital by two lusty Englishmen.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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