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Definition of English person
1. Noun. A native or inhabitant of England.
Generic synonyms: Brit, Britisher, Briton
Specialized synonyms: Englishman, Englishwoman, Anglo-saxon, Anglo-saxon, Anglo-indian, Pom, Pommy, Cantabrigian, Lancastrian, Lancastrian, Geordie, Hanoverian, Liverpudlian, Scouser, Londoner, Mancunian, Oxonian, Brummie, Brummy, Mackem, Sassenach, Tyke
Lexicographical Neighbors of English Person
Literary usage of English person
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Judicial Dictionary, of Words and Phrases Judicially Interpreted: To by Frederick Stroud (1903)
"The children of a duly celebrated marriage of an English person who, prior to
the marriage, had been divorced by a Foreign Tribunal, are not " lawfully ..."
2. Instructions for the guidance of her majesty's naval officers employed in by Great Britain Admiralty (1844)
"... of an English person, or should not pay their just debts to such English ...
and tho commandant of such force shall send for the accused English person, ..."
3. Dictionary of English and French Idioms: Illustrating, by Phrases and by Jean Roemer (1853)
"To pay, to do honor " Your honor," as a title, has no equivalent in French, votre
honneur could only apply to an English person. (At whist.) They To HONOR. ..."
4. A Straight Deal; Or, The Ancient Grudge by Owen Wister (1920)
"You are only nineteen years old and you cannot read about us, because you have
no chance; but at least you do know one English person now, and that English ..."
5. The Letters of Horace Walpole: Fourth Earl of Orford by Horace Walpole (1904)
"However, bating every English person's madness, for every English person must
have their madness, Lady Mary has a thousand virtues and good qualities. ..."
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