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Englishwoman

noun · 2 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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Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a woman 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: Cornishwoman

History

Etymology

From Middle English Englishwoman, equivalent to English + -woman. Compare Englishman.

Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: إِنْجِلِيزِيَّة (ʔingilīziyya) — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Armenian: անգլուհի (angluhi) — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Asturian: inglesa — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Belarusian: англі́йка (anhlíjka) — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Breton: Saozez — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Bulgarian: англича́нка (angličánka) — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Catalan: anglesa — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Chinese Mandarin: 英國人 /英国人 (Yīngguórén) — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Chinese Mandarin: 英國女子 /英国女子 (Yīngguó nǚzǐ) — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Cornish: Sowses — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Czech: Angličanka — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Danish: englænderinde — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Dutch: Engelse — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Esperanto: anglino — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Estonian: inglanna — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Finnish: englantilainen nainen — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Finnish: englantilaisnainen — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Finnish: englannitar — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • French: Anglaise — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Middle French: Angloise — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Old French: Angloise — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Galician: inglesa — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • German: Engländerin — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Greek: Αγγλίδα (Anglída) — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Hungarian: angol nő — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Italian: inglese — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Japanese: イギリス人 (Igirisu-jin) — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Japanese: 英国婦人 (Eikoku-fujin) — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Latvian: angliete — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Lithuanian: anglė — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Macedonian: Англичанка (Angličanka) — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Miami: aakalaahšima — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Polish: Angielka — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Portuguese: inglesa — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Romanian: englezoaică — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Romanian: engleză — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Russian: англича́нка (angličánka) — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Scottish Gaelic: Ban-Sasannach — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Serbo-Croatian: Енглескиња — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Serbo-Croatian: Engleskinja — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Slovak: Angličanka — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Slovene: Angléžinja — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Spanish: inglesa — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Swedish: engelska — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Turkish: İngiliz kadın — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Turkish: İngiliz karısı — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Ukrainian: англі́йка (anhlíjka) — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Volapük: ji-Linglänan — a female native or inhabitant of England
  • Welsh: Saesnes — a female native or inhabitant of England