Frenchman
English
Etymology
From Middle English Frenshman; equivalent to French + -man.
Noun
Frenchman (plural Frenchmen)
- A man of French birth or nationality.
- 1975, Sue Helder Goliber, The Life and Times of Marguerite Durand: A Study in French Feminism, page 128:
- The former recommended that all members of the Chamber of Deputies be elected by the scrutin de liste: that they be elected by all Frenchmen of both sexes over 21 years old.
- A home-made tool used by bricklayers to cut excess mortar from newly pointed brickwork.
- (UK) The red-legged partridge.
Translations
person of French birth or nationality
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