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noun
Those people living in Ireland or in Wales who are of English descent (chiefly with definite article).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, plural, plural-only
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noun
Englishness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
The state or privilege of being an Englishman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, uncountable
Topics: law
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noun
In medieval Britain, the part of a lordship or other domain inhabited by English people and governed according to English law.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical
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History
From English + -ry, in legal senses after Anglo-Norman englescherie, englecherie. Compare Late Latin Anglescheria, Englescheria (“the state of being English”).
