Englishman
noun ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
- 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."
- 2 Obsolete form of Englishman. alt-of, obsolete
"In Chꝛiſt there is nether frẽch ner engliſh: but the frenchman is the engliſhmans awne ſelfe / and the engliſh the frenchmans awne ſelfe."
- 3 a man who is a native or inhabitant of England wordnet
- 4 A grey partridge (in contrast with Frenchman, red-legged partridge). UK
- 5 A Canadian of British descent and/or whose first language is English (as opposed to French-descended, French-speaking Canadians). Quebec, dated, ethnic, slur
"... others, an aging Englishman who would do anything to further his fortune ..."
Show 1 more definition
- 6 A South African of British descent, and/or whose first language is English (as opposed to Afrikaans-speaking Afrikaner South Africans). South-Africa, dated, ethnic, slur
"Fucking above your head Englishman!"
Example
More examples"An Englishman is an alien in the United States."
Etymology
From Middle English Englishman, Inglishman, from Old English Englisċman, Englisċmon, corresponding to English + -man. Compare Old Norse Englismaðr (“Englishman”).
Related phrases
More for "englishman"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.