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Englishman
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Meaning
Noun
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In England & United Kingdom:
A
native
or
inhabitant
of England; a
man
who is English by
ancestry
,
birth
,
descent
, or naturalisation.
●
In British English:
The
grey partridge
(in
opposition
to the Frenchman, i.e; the red-legged
partridge
).
🤬
In Quebec English:
A Canadian of British
descent
and/or
whose
first language
is English (
as opposed to
French-descended, French-speaking Canadians).
🤬
In South African English & Nationalities:
A South African of British
descent
,
and/or
whose
first language
is English (
as opposed to
Afrikaans-speaking Afrikaner South Africans).
●
Obsolete form of Englishman.
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