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noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈɪŋ.lɪʃ.mən/
  • /ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ.mən/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A native or inhabitant of England; a man who is English by ancestry, birth, descent, or naturalisation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Englander, Englishperson, English, Englisher> or <>>, Southron, Saxon, pom, Nigel, overner

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Brit, Briton

2

noun

Meaning 2

A grey partridge (in contrast with Frenchman, red-legged partridge).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A Canadian of British descent and/or whose first language is English (as opposed to French-descended, French-speaking Canadians).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Quebec, dated, ethnic, slur

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A South African of British descent, and/or whose first language is English (as opposed to Afrikaans-speaking Afrikaner South Africans).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: South-Africa, dated, ethnic, slur

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Obsolete form of Englishman.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

a man who is a native or inhabitant of England

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: English person

Narrower terms: limey, John Bull, Cornishman, burgess, burgher, Jacobean, Tory, Whig

History

Etymology

From Middle English Englishman, Inglishman, from Old English Englisċman, Englisċmon, corresponding to English + -man. Compare Old Norse Englismaðr (“Englishman”).

Across languages

Translations

95 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Engelsman — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Albanian: anglez — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Amharic: እንግሊዛዊ (ʾəngəlizawi) — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Arabic: إِنْجِلِيزِيّ (ʔingilīziyy) — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Armenian: անգլիացի (angliacʻi) — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Asturian: inglés — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Azerbaijani: ingilis — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Belarusian: англіча́нін (anhličánin) — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Belarusian: анге́лец (anhjéljec) — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Breton: Saoz — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Bulgarian: англича́нин (angličánin) — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Catalan: anglès — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Catalan: anglés — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Chinese Mandarin: 英格蘭人 /英格兰人 (yīngélánrén) — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Chinese Mandarin: 英國人 /英国人 (yīngguórén) — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Cornish: Sows — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Czech: Angličan — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Danish: englænder — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Danish: engelskmand — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Dutch: Engelsman — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Esperanto: anglo — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Estonian: inglane — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Faroese: eingilskmaður — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Finnish: englantilainen — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Finnish: englantilaismies — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • French: Anglais — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Middle French: Angloys — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • West-Frisian: Ingelsman — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Galician: inglés — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Galician: engrés — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Georgian: ინგლისელი (ingliseli) — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • German: Engländer — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • German: Ängländer — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Greek: Άγγλος (Ánglos) — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Greenlandic: tuluk — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Hebrew: אַנְגְּלִי (ang'lí) — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Hindi: अंग्रेज़ (aṅgrez) — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Hungarian: angol — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Hungarian: angol férfi — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Icelandic: Englendingur — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Interlingua: anglese — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Irish: Sasanach — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Italian: inglese — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Japanese: イギリス人 (igirisujin) — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Kalmyk: пильң (pilʹñ) — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Kazakh: ағылшын (ağylşyn) — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Korean: 잉글랜드 사람 (inggeullaendeu saram) — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Korean: 영국인 (yeonggugin) — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Korean: 영국 사람 (yeongguk saram) — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Kyrgyz: англичанин (anglicanin) — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Lao: ຄົນອັງກິດ (khon ʼang kit) — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Latin: Anglus — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Latin: anglicus — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Latvian: anglis — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Lithuanian: anglas — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Macedonian: Англичанец (Angličanec) — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Miami: aakalaahšima — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Mongolian: англи хүн (angli xün) — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Norwegian Bokmål: engelskmann — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: engelskmann — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Pannonian Rusyn: Анґлиєц (Anglijec) — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Pannonian Rusyn: Енґлейз (Englejz) — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Pashto: انګرېز (angréz) — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Persian: انگلیسی (engelisi) — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Polish: Anglik — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Portuguese: inglês — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Romanian: englez — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Russian: англича́нин (angličánin) — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Scottish Gaelic: Sasannach — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Serbo-Croatian: Ѐнгле̄з — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Serbo-Croatian: Ènglēz — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Sicilian: ngrisi — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Slovak: Angličan — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Slovene: Angléž — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Spanish: inglés — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Swahili: Mwingereza — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Swedish: engelsman — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Tajik: англис (anglis) — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Tajik: англисӣ (anglisi) — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Tamil: ஆங்கிலேயன் (āṅkilēyaṉ) — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Tamil: வெள்ளையன் (veḷḷaiyaṉ) — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Tamil: வெள்ளைக்காரன் (veḷḷaikkāraṉ) — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Thai: คนอังกฤษ (kon ang-grìt) — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Tibetan: དབྱིན་ཇི (dbyin ji) — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Turkish: İngiliz — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Turkmen: iňlis — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Ukrainian: англі́єць (anhlíjecʹ) — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Unami: kwènashikànat — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Urdu: انگریز (angrez) — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Uyghur: ئىنگلىز (in'gliz) — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Uzbek: ingliz — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Vietnamese: người Anh — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Volapük: Linglänan — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Volapük: hi-Linglänan — (male) native or inhabitant of England
  • Welsh: Sais — (male) native or inhabitant of England
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