Englishman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪŋ.lɪʃ.mən/
ipa: /ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ.mən/
Forms: form: Englishmen
form: englishman
Etymology: From Middle English Englishman, Inglishman, from Old English Englisċman, Englisċmon, corresponding to English + -man. Compare Old Norse Englismaðr (“Englishman”).
Senses: examples: text: the Ynglishe men had great vyctorye, for there was taken and slayne a greate nombar, and there was slayne the lorde Morley and Englishe man.
ref: c. 1541, The Chronicle of Calais, London, published 1846:
text: To see twenty or thirty female Englishmen of full regulation-size dancing a ballet, is an overpowering luxury.
ref: 1853, Saunterings in and about London. By Max Schlesinger. The English edition by Otto Wenckstern, London, page 278:
text: All Englishmen, male and female, young and old, are for the purposes of this establishment considered clean.
ref: 1873, George Webbe Dasent, Jest an Earnest. A Collection of Essays and Reviews. In two Volumes. Vol. I, London, page 156:
text: Rest assured it cannot rest idle until Englishmen, male, female, and children are mercilessly massacred to the best interests of the country.
ref: 1909, Rambles and Adventures in Australasia, Canada, India, etc. By St. Michael-Podmore, London, page 270:
text: In Bangkok at twelve o'clock they foam at the mouth and run, / But mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun.
ref: 1931, Noel Coward, Mad Dogs and Englishmen:
text: He has his dark -- well, darkish -- side under control. Which is to say that he is an Englishman, well practiced in masking pain and absurdity and descents into sheer goofiness with mannerly behavior, sly irony and stiff upper lips.
ref: 2003 November 3, Richard Schickel, “Sweet Agonies of Affection”, in Time:
text: Not since Coventry in 1992 has a Premier League side kicked off a campaign with an all-English XI but things have reached the point where, of the 61 signings who have cost the elite division's 20 clubs a transfer fee this summer, only 12 have involved Englishmen. […] Pardew has high hopes that one young Englishman, Paul Dummett, a left-back from Gosforth, the same Newcastle suburb that produced Alan Shearer, will make at least 10 appearances for his side this season.
ref: 2013 August 20, Louise Taylor, “English talent gets left behind as Premier League keeps importing”, in The Guardian:
text: Yea, but that’s not really a surprise, is it? She famously wrote a book where a redhead plays second fiddle to a magical Englishman. “Come along, Ron, come along. I shall have all the powers, and your brothers can die fighting my war. Come along.”
ref: 2014, Tim Carvell [et al.], “Scottish Independence”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 1, episode 17, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO:
text: Also, for their national flower, the Scots chose a thistle. That is a plant made of tiny knives and a throwing star. “The only flower I like is a flower that can pierce an Englishman’s throat!”.
ref: 2014 September 14, “Scottish Independence”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 1, episode 17, John Oliver (actor), via HBO:
glosses: A native or inhabitant of England; a man who is English by ancestry, birth, descent, or naturalisation.
glosses: A grey partridge (in contrast with Frenchman, red-legged partridge).
examples: text: ... others, an aging Englishman who would do anything to further his fortune ...
ref: 2017, David Bélanger, Béatrice G. Martineau, Charles Grenier, “Kona”, in Kona, Canada: Parabole:
glosses: A Canadian of British descent and/or whose first language is English (as opposed to French-descended, French-speaking Canadians).
examples: text: Fucking above your head Englishman!
ref: 2008, Christopher-Lee dos Santos, At thy Call, Dino Pappas and Ksenija Micic:
glosses: A South African of British descent, and/or whose first language is English (as opposed to Afrikaans-speaking Afrikaner South Africans).
Synonyms: sense: native of England
word: Englander
sense: native of England
word: Englishperson
sense: native of England
word: English
sense: native of England
word: Englisher
sense: native of England
english: Scots
translation: Scots
word: Southron
sense: native of England
word: Saxon
sense: native of England
word: pom
sense: native of England
word: Nigel
sense: native of England
english: Isle of Wight
translation: Isle of Wight
word: overner
Hypernyms: sense: native of England
word: Brit
sense: native of England
word: Briton
Hyponyms: sense: native of England
word: Blimp
sense: native of England
word: Little Englander
sense: native of England
word: Middle Englander
sense: native of England
word: Londoner
sense: native of England
word: Cornishman
sense: native of England
word: Midlander
sense: native of England
word: Geordie
Coordinate terms: sense: native of England
word: Englishwoman
sense: native of England
word: Irishman
sense: native of England
word: Scotsman
sense: native of England
word: Welshman
Derived terms: Englishmanly
Englishman's knot