Dictionary

Englishman en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɪŋ.lɪʃ.mən/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ.mən/

Etymology

From Middle English Englishman, Inglishman, from Old English Englisċman, Englisċmon, corresponding to English + -man. Compare Old Norse Englismaðr (“Englishman”).

Meanings

1. A native or inhabitant of England; a man who is English by ancestry, birth, descent, or naturalisation.
   • 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. 2013 August 20, Louise Taylor, “English talent gets left behind as Premier League keeps importing”, in The Guardian:
   • 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:
   • 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. 2003 November 3, Richard Schickel, “Sweet Agonies of Affection”, in Time:
   • 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:
   • 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.” 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:
   • 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:
   • 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!”. 2014 September 14, “Scottish Independence”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 1, episode 17, John Oliver (actor), via HBO:
2. (UK) A grey partridge (in contrast with Frenchman, red-legged partridge).
3. (Quebec, dated, ethnic, slur) A Canadian of British descent and/or whose first language is English (as opposed to French-descended, French-speaking Canadians).
   • ... others, an aging Englishman who would do anything to further his fortune ... 2017, David Bélanger, Béatrice G. Martineau, Charles Grenier, “Kona”, in Kona, Canada: Parabole:
4. (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).
   • Fucking above your head Englishman! 2008, Christopher-Lee dos Santos, At thy Call, Dino Pappas and Ksenija Micic:

Forms

Coordinates

Welshman · Englishwoman · Scotsman · Irishman

Deriveds

Englishmanly · Englishman's knot

Hypernyms

Brit · Briton

Synonyms

Englishperson · Saxon · Englander · Englisher> or <>> · pom · Southron · English · Nigel · overner

Translations (95)

lo ຄົນອັງກິດ ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · tg англисӣ ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · ia anglese ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · ka ინგლისელი ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · cs Angličan ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · uk англі́єць ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · nn engelskmann ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · ps انګرېز ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · ar إِنْجِلِيزِيّ ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · fr Anglais ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · xal пильң ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · fy Ingelsman ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · ta வெள்ளையன் ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · ug ئىنگلىز ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · sw Mwingereza ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · az ingilis ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · bg англича́нин ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · kw Sows ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · ta ஆங்கிலேயன் ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · mn англи хүн ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · ru англича́нин ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · sl Angléž ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · lt anglas ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · hu angol ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · cmn 英國人 /英国人 ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · de Engländer ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · pt inglês ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · ast inglés ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · tg англис ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · vi người Anh ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · tr İngiliz ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · sq anglez ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · fi englantilainen ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · sh Ènglēz ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · hi अंग्रेज़ ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · rsk Енґлейз ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · unm kwènashikànat ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · la anglicus ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · ko 영국인 ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · fi englantilaismies ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · ja イギリス人 ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · hu angol férfi ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · el Άγγλος ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · uz ingliz ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · da engelskmand ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · kk ағылшын ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · cy Sais ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · vo Linglänan ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · is Englendingur ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · he אַנְגְּלִי ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · scn ngrisi ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · gl engrés ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · nl Engelsman ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · es inglés ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · frm Angloys ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · fo eingilskmaður ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · kl tuluk ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · tk iňlis ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · ur انگریز ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · et inglane ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · eo anglo ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · ga Sasanach ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · fa انگلیسی ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · gl inglés ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · ko 영국 사람 ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · gsw Ängländer ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · ca anglés ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · ta வெள்ளைக்காரன் ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · br Saoz ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · ca anglès ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · mia aakalaahšima ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · nb engelskmann ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · sh Ѐнгле̄з ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · hy անգլիացի ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · bo དབྱིན་ཇི ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · gd Sasannach ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · da englænder ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · mk Англичанец ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · af Engelsman ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · be англіча́нін ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · th คนอังกฤษ ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · sv engelsman ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · lv anglis ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · ro englez ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · sk Angličan ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · ky англичанин ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · be анге́лец ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · am እንግሊዛዊ ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · rsk Анґлиєц ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · cmn 英格蘭人 /英格兰人 ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · vo hi-Linglänan ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · pl Anglik ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · ko 영국 남자 ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · it inglese ((male) native or inhabitant of England) · la Anglus ((male) native or inhabitant of England)