Englishman
A native or inhabitant of EnglandA native or inhabitant of England; a man who is English by ancestry, birth, descent, or naturalisation.
» Englishmen are, on the whole, conservative.
Engländer sind im Allgemeinen konservativ.
Англичане в основном консервативны.
Англійці загалом консервативні.
Meaning
4 sensesA native or inhabitant of England; a man who is English by ancestry, birth, descent, or naturalisation.
Engländer
англича́нинangličánin
англі́єцьanhlíjecʹ
a man who is a native or inhabitant of England
(UK)A grey partridge (in contrast with Frenchman, red-legged partridge).
(Quebec, dated, ethnic, slur)A Canadian of British descent and/or whose first language is English (as opposed to French-descended, French-speaking Canadians).
(South Africa, dated, ethnic, slur)A South African of British descent, and/or whose first language is English (as opposed to Afrikaans-speaking Afrikaner South Africans).
Examples
61 sentencesEnglishmen are, on the whole, conservative.
Англійці загалом консервативні.
ruАнгличане в основном консервативны.
deEngländer sind im Allgemeinen konservativ.
He mistook me for an Englishman.
She had her English composition checked by an Englishman.
deSie hat ihren englischen Text von einem Engländer überprüfen lassen.
It's hard to tell Englishmen from Americans just by the way they look.
deEs ist schwer, einen Engländer nur an seinem Aussehen von einem Amerikaner zu unterscheiden.
I thought he was an American but he turned out to be an Englishman.
ruЯ думал, он американец, но он оказался англичанином.
deIch hatte ihn für einen Amerikaner gehalten, aber er erwies sich als Engländer.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English Englishman, Inglishman, from Old English Englisċman, Englisċmon, correFrom Middle English Englishman, Inglishman, from Old English Englisċman, Englisċmon, corresponding to English + -man. Compare Old Norse Englismaðr (“Englishman”).
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Forms
plural: Englishmen| Singular | Englishman |
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Synonyms
9 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular