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ENGLISH PERSON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of England

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("English person" is a kind of...):

Brit; Britisher; Briton (a native or inhabitant of Great Britain)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "English person"):

Tyke (a native of Yorkshire)

Sassenach (the Scots' term for an English person)

Mackem (a native of Sunderland)

Brummie; Brummy (a native or resident of Birmingham, England)

Oxonian (a native or resident of Oxford)

Mancunian (a native or resident of Manchester)

Londoner (a native or resident of London)

Liverpudlian; Scouser (a native or resident of Liverpool)

Hanoverian (a member (or supporter) of the house of Hanover)

Geordie (a native of Newcastle-upon-Tyne)

Lancastrian (a member (or supporter) of the house of Lancaster)

Lancastrian (a resident of Lancaster)

Cantabrigian (a resident of Cambridge)

pom; pommy (a disparaging term for a British person)

Anglo-Indian (a person of English citizenship born or living in India)

Anglo-Saxon (a person of Anglo-Saxon (especially British) descent whose native tongue is English and whose culture is strongly influenced by English culture as in WASP for 'White Anglo-Saxon Protestant')

Anglo-Saxon (a native or inhabitant of England prior to the Norman Conquest)

Englishwoman (a woman who is a native or inhabitant of England)

Englishman (a man who is a native or inhabitant of England)

Holonyms ("English person" is a member of...):

England (a division of the United Kingdom)

Credits