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plural Englishmen
A native or inhabitant of England; a man who is English by ancestry, birth, descent, or naturalisation. quotations examples
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
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
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
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
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
(UK) The grey partridge (in opposition to the Frenchman, i.e., the red-legged partridge). examples
(Quebec, dated, ethnic slur) A Canadian of British descent and/or whose first language is English (as opposed to French-descended, French-speaking Canadians). quotations examples
... 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
(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). quotations examples
Fucking above your head Englishman!
2008, Christopher-Lee dos Santos, At thy Call, Dino Pappas and Ksenija Micic