Frenchman
Americannoun
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Frenchmen
plural
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a native or inhabitant of the French nation.
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a French ship.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of Frenchman
before 1150; Middle English Frenshman, Old English Frencisc man. See French, man
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Scotty's remains were discovered by teams from the Royal Saskatchewan Museum in Saskatchewan's Frenchman River Valley, one of North America's richest sites for dinosaur fossils.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
The thieves had agreed to meet a Frenchman sent by Mr. Wittman to receive the art in exchange for $4.6 million in cash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
On numerous occasions last season, Guardiola made clear he felt the Frenchman would be more effective staying between the lines, close to Erling Haaland.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
The Frenchman, whose sole Formula 1 victory came at this race for Red Bull's junior team in 2020, beat Mercedes' George Russell by 0.060 seconds.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
“Do people trust him?” he asked the Frenchman.
From "The Fighting Ground" by Avi
A trio of nerdy Frenchmen came to New York to build a sassy chatbot for teens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
The families of the Frenchmen said they were hoping for a "swift resolution" in a joint statement shared by RSF, adding that the "uncertainty and anguish weigh daily" on them.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Frenchmen such as Jean Louis Vignes came here bearing know-how and wine grape stock, and put the old mission varieties in the shade with ever-better vintages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2025
The first iteration of these new competitions took place in Athens in 1896, but Frenchmen and a French fascination with antiquity played a large role, and in 1900 and 1904, the Games moved to Paris.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2024
To many Frenchmen, the war was a crusade to save justice and liberty.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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