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Definition of Frenchman
1. Noun. A person of French nationality.
Group relationships: France, French Republic
Generic synonyms: European
Specialized synonyms: Frog, Gaul, Parisian, Breton, Savoyard, Angevin, Angevine, Norman
Definition of Frenchman
1. n. A native or one of the people of France.
Definition of Frenchman
1. Noun. A man of French birth or nationality. ¹
2. Noun. A home-made tool used by bricklayers to cut excess mortar from newly pointed brickwork. ¹
3. Noun. (UK) the red-legged partridge. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Frenchman
Literary usage of Frenchman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Review (1841)
"rights to the same extent that are granted to the Frenchman in the nation ...
Thus a Swiss enjoys the benefits of the civil rights of a Frenchman to a much ..."
2. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the by James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1888)
"When Sir Joshua Reynolds, at one of the dinners of the Royal Academy, presented
him to a Frenchman of great distinction, he would not deign to speak French, ..."
3. The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster (1874)
"Bye and bye, I came upon a polenta-shop in the clouds, where an old frenchman
with an umbrella like a faded tropical leaf (it had not rained in Naples for ..."
4. Theatrical Management in the West and South for Thirty Years by Solomon Smith (1868)
"The sick Frenchman. In nearly every voyage I make, especially if there be ...
A little Frenchman, as healthy a man as there was on board of the boat, ..."
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