englishman

Noun capitalized: Englishman

Englishman (plural Englishmen)

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.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

   Synonyms:

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

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