Englishman Meaning
/ˈɪŋ.lɪʃ.mən/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounObsolete form of Englishman.
nounA native or inhabitant of England; a man who is English by ancestry, birth, descent, or naturalisation.
Sentence Examples
An Englishman is an alien in the United States.
As an Englishman, he is particularly sensitive to the differences between English and American usage.
CEFR Practice Quiz
A polite ____ held the door open for us at the London hotel.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The polite ____ told us many stories about his childhood in London.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English Englishman, Inglishman, from Old English Englisċman, Englisċmon, corresponding to English + -man. Compare Old Norse Englismaðr (“Englishman”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— c. 1541, The Chronicle of Calais, London, published 1846:
"To see twenty or thirty female Englishmen of full regulation-size dancing a ballet, is an overpowering luxury."
— 1853, Saunterings in and about London. By Max Schlesinger. The English edition by Otto Wenckstern, London, page 278:
"All Englishmen, male and female, young and old, are for the purposes of this establishment considered clean."
— 1873, George Webbe Dasent, Jest an Earnest. A Collection of Essays and Reviews. In two Volumes. Vol. I, London, page 156:
"Rest assured it cannot rest idle until Englishmen, male, female, and children are mercilessly massacred to the best interests of the country."
— 1909, Rambles and Adventures in Australasia, Canada, India, etc. By St. Michael-Podmore, London, page 270:
"In Bangkok at twelve o'clock they foam at the mouth and run, / But mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun."
— 1931, Noel Coward, Mad Dogs and Englishmen:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
A polite ____ held the door open for us at the London hotel.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The polite ____ told us many stories about his childhood in London.