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| | ===Etymology=== | | ===Etymology=== |
| − | {{suffix|English|man}} | + | {{etyl|ang}} {{term|engliscmann}}, corresponding to {{compound|English|man}}. |
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| | ===Pronunciation=== | | ===Pronunciation=== |
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| | {{en-noun|Englishmen}} | | {{en-noun|Englishmen}} |
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| − | # A [[male]] [[native]] or [[inhabitant]] of [[England]]; a man who is [[English]] by [[birth]], [[descent]], or [[naturalization]]. | + | # A [[male]] [[native]] or [[inhabitant]] of [[England]]; a person (especially a man) who is [[English]] by [[birth]], [[descent]], or [[naturalization]]. {{defdate|from 7th c.}} |
| − | # {{in the plural}} people of either sex who are natives or inhabitants of England, who are English by birth, descent, or naturalization. | + | #*'''c. 1541''', ''The Chronicle of Calais'', London 1846: |
| − | # {{UK}} the [[grey partridge]] (in opposition to the [[Frenchman]], ie the [[red-legged partridge]]). | + | #*: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'''. |
| | + | #*'''1931''', {{w|Noel Coward}}, "Mad Dogs and Englishmen": |
| | + | #*:In Bangkok at twleve'o'clock they foam at the mouth and run, / But mad dogs and '''Englishmen''' go out in the midday sun. |
| | + | #*'''2003''', Richard Schickel, "Sweet Agonies of Affection", ''Time'', 3 Nov 2003: |
| | + | #*: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. |
| | + | # {{UK}} The [[grey partridge]] (in opposition to the [[Frenchman]], ie the [[red-legged partridge]]). |
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| | ====Usage notes==== | | ====Usage notes==== |
