Englishman.
A native or inhabitant of England; a man who is English by ancestry, birth, descent, or naturalisation.
Meaning & usage
A native or inhabitant of England; a man who is English by ancestry, birth, descent, or naturalisation.
A grey partridge (in contrast with Frenchman, red-legged partridge).
A Canadian of British descent and/or whose first language is English (as opposed to French-descended, French-speaking Canadians).
A South African of British descent, and/or whose first language is English (as opposed to Afrikaans-speaking Afrikaner South Africans).
Where this word comes from
From Middle English Englishman, Inglishman, from Old English Englisċman, Englisċmon, corresponding to English + -man. Compare Old Norse Englismaðr (“Englishman”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.