Englishwoman
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noun
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Origin of Englishwoman
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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 ● Feb. 9, 2026
A proper Englishwoman whose husband, Arthur, served in Burma, she has been formidable all her life, with an unshakeable faith in God and the empire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
Fellow Englishwoman Lottie Woad finished with a three-over 75 to pick up the prize as the best amateur on five over.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2025
"If the Solheim Cup is happening, I want to be there for Europe in whatever way I can contribute," said the 37-year-old Englishwoman, who is a seven-time winner on the Ladies European Tour and LPGA.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2025
He introduced Obinze and Kosi to the school headmistress, a small round Englishwoman, saying, “Obinze and Kosi are our very close friends. I think their daughter might be joining us next year.”
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
During England's two-month preparations, Bradshaw was invited to speak to the 32 Englishwomen who hope to ascend the Twickenham steps on 27 September and claim the Women's Rugby World Cup.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2025
Englishwomen Charley Hull and Bronte Law were three strokes back at 69 with Yuka Saso of the Philippines.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2021
Yet were 19th-century Englishwomen really quite so repressed and boring?
From Washington Post ● Jul. 22, 2020
“And I would be playing it with an entire cast of Englishmen and Englishwomen … in England.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2017
There was one with twenty-five Englishwomen in it.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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