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English
  1. One's ability to employ the English language correctly.
  2. The English-language term or expression for something.
  3. Specific language or wording in English; English text or statements in speech, whether in translation or otherwise.
  4. (countable) A variety or dialect of spoken and or written English.
  5. (printing, dated) The size of type between pica and great primer, standardized as 14-point.
  6. (Canada) Spin or side given to a ball, especially in pool or billiards.
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “The Western Railway of Havana is an English company that purchased the railroad from a Cuban company in 1892.”
      “When the English arrived in Lisbon, King Fernando wrote there and then to the Count telling him of their coming and of what manner of people they were.”
      “The lady then proceeded to state that she was, by birth, an English.”
Englisher
  1. An English person.
  2. A non-Amish person.
  3. A translator into English.
Englishman
  1. A male native or inhabitant of England; a man who is English by birth, descent, or naturalisation. [from 7th c.]
  2. (Britain) The grey partridge (in opposition to the Frenchman, ie the red-legged partridge).
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “The jug-eared Englishman meanwhile dressed down in a winter jacket, crumpled looking jeans and black trainers.”
      “As an Englishman, local PGA pro Richard Livingston hardly qualifies as a Yankee Doodle Dandy.”
      “Early on, he suffers the indignity of being three shots behind an Englishman.”
Englishry
  1. (obsolete) the state or privilege of being an Englishman.
  2. (obsolete) a body of English people, especially in Ireland.
  3. Examples:
    1. “A rumour spread over the whole island that, on the ninth of December, there would be a general massacre of the Englishry.”
      “It was high time that this object should receive the attention of the Englishry of the province as one of his letters indicates.”
      “It was comprised in one word, which, as Clarendon tells us, was often in the mouths of the Englishry of that time.”
Englishism
  1. An expression or characteristic peculiar to the English language.
  2. Synonyms:
Englander
  1. A person from England or of English descent.
  2. Examples:
    1. “There have been three distinct phases in this confrontation between the Middle Englander and the Immigrant.”
      “This has led to the thesis that dominating the politics of the mythical Middle Englander is the only strategy to retain power.”
      “If you don't like chicken tikka masala, does that make you a Little Englander?”
Englishness
  1. The quality, state or characteristic of being English.
  2. Synonyms:
Englishperson
  1. (uncommon) Somebody with origins in England.
Englishification
  1. The process of making something English.
Englishes
Englishpeople
  1. plural of Englishperson
Englishpersons
  1. plural of Englishperson
Englishnesses
Englishmen
  1. plural of Englishman
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “It takes a bold writer to attempt a biography of one of the most recognized and cited of Restoration Englishmen.”
      “I've nearly done a long, leisurely Asiatic tale in which there are hardly any Englishmen.”
      “Selectionist or adaptationist thinking was proposed by two Englishmen, Darwin and Wallace, and the first converts were also therefore British.”
Englishisms
Englishers
  1. plural of Englisher
Englanders
  1. plural of Englander
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