Englishman vs British - What's the difference?
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A male native or inhabitant of England; a man who is English by birth, descent, or naturalization.
* c. 1541 , The Chronicle of Calais , London 1846:
* 1931 , (Noel Coward), "Mad Dogs and Englishmen":
* 2003 , Richard Schickel, "Sweet Agonies of Affection", Time , 3 Nov 2003:
(UK) The grey partridge (in opposition to the Frenchman, ie the red-legged partridge).
With the , the citizens or inhabitants of Britain collectively.
With the , the citizens or inhabitants of the United Kingdom collectively.
(history) The ancient inhabitants of the southern part of Britain before the Anglo-Saxon invasion, also called ancient Britons.
The Celtic language of the ancient Britons
The British English language.
Of Britain (meaning the British Isles)
Of the United Kingdom.
Of the Commonwealth of Nations, or the British Empire.
(historical) Of the ancient inhabitants of the southern part of Britain; Brythonic.
Of British English.
As a noun englishman
is a male native or inhabitant of england; a man who is english by birth, descent, or naturalization.As an adjective british is
typically british.englishman
English
Noun
(Englishmen)- 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 .
- In Bangkok at twelve o'clock they foam at the mouth and run, / But mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun.
- 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.