Frenchman

[ french-muh n ]

/ ˈfrɛntʃ mən /

noun, plural French·men.

a native or inhabitant of the French nation.

a French ship.

Origin of Frenchman

before 1150; Middle English Frenshman, Old English Frencisc man. See French, man¹

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Examples from the Web for frenchman

He is thought to have self-radicalized online, calling himself Abou Abdallah al-Faransi (“The Frenchman”) on social networks.
Showing the Faces of Its Murderers, ISIS Shows Its Global Reach|Tracy McNicoll|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On May 24, the young Frenchman allegedly walked into a Jewish museum in Brussels and killed four people.
French Jihadi Mehdi Nemmouche Is the Shape of Terror to Come|Christopher Dickey|September 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A Frenchman who was detained told his interrogators he had been recruited by ISIS.
ISIS May Open a Third Front in Lebanon|Jamie Dettmer|June 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In fact, they were based on the reasoning of that great seventeenth-century Frenchman.
Portrait of the Consummate Con Man|John Lardner|May 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The first way is that of another Frenchman whom you made an honorary citizen on June 28, 1992.
Bernard-Henri Levy Celebrates the Fraternity of Sarajevo Citizenship|Bernard-Henri Lévy|November 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He was a demonstrative young man, and he embraced Christy as though he had been a Frenchman, as soon as he reached the deck.
On The Blockade|Oliver Optic
I owned up that I was, and accused him in turn of being a Frenchman.
The Angel and the Author - and Others|Jerome K. Jerome
No, mother, no; dont think of it; as if he were a girl or a Frenchman!
Madonna Mary|Mrs. Oliphant
“Then in a half of the hour you make ze return,” said the little Frenchman, looking as though he had smothered his fears.
A Gallant Grenadier|F.S. Brereton
Ask a Frenchman to say fini, and compare his sounds with those in finny.
The Sounds of Spoken English|Walter Rippmann

British Dictionary definitions for frenchman

Frenchman

/ (ˈfrɛntʃmən) /

noun plural -men

a native, citizen, or inhabitant of France

Derived FormsFrenchwoman, fem n

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Frenchman

noun, plural French·men.

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Frenchman

noun plural -men