# Englishman

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɪŋ.lɪʃ.mən/ · frequency rank #16,702

## Definitions
1. A native or inhabitant of England; a man who is English by ancestry, birth, descent, or naturalisation.
2. A grey partridge (in contrast with Frenchman, red-legged partridge).
3. A Canadian of British descent and/or whose first language is English (as opposed to French-descended, French-speaking Canadians).
4. A South African of British descent, and/or whose first language is English (as opposed to Afrikaans-speaking Afrikaner South Africans).

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

## Easily confused with
- **Englishmen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/englishman-vs-englishmen)

## Common misspellings (16)
`egnlishman`, `engglishman`, `engilshman`, `englihsman`, `englishamn`, `englishhman`, `englishmann`, `englishmman`, `englishmna`, `englismhan`, `englisshman`, `engllishman`, `englsihman`, `enlgishman`, `ennglishman`, `neglishman`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/englishman