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Englishman

'iŋgliʃmәn5 senses · 343 ms
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noun/ˈɪŋ.lɪʃ.mən//ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ.mən/
  1. 1

    A native or inhabitant of England; a man who is English by ancestry, birth, descent, or naturalisation.

    • 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.
    • To see twenty or thirty female Englishmen of full regulation-size dancing a ballet, is an overpowering luxury.
  2. 2

    A grey partridge (in contrast with Frenchman, red-legged partridge).UK

  3. 3

    A Canadian of British descent and/or whose first language is English (as opposed to French-descended, French-speaking Canadians).Quebecdatedethnic

    • ... others, an aging Englishman who would do anything to further his fortune ...
  4. 4

    A South African of British descent, and/or whose first language is English (as opposed to Afrikaans-speaking Afrikaner South Africans).South-Africadatedethnic

    • Fucking above your head Englishman!

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