Definition of Frenchman

1. Noun. A person of French nationality.

Exact synonyms: French Person, Frenchwoman
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

Frenches
Frenchie
Frenchies
Frenchification
Frenchifications
Frenchified
Frenchifies
Frenchify
Frenchifying
Frenchiness
Frenching
Frenchism
Frenchisms
Frenchlike
Frenchly
Frenchman (current term)
Frenchmen
Frenchness
Frenchwoman
Frenchwomen
Frenchy
Frenkel's anterior ocular traumatic syndrome
Frenkel's symptom
Freo
Freon
Frerichs' theory
Fresnel
Fresnel fringes
Fresnel lamp
Fresnel lantern

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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