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Englander

Englander

4.2
A person who is from England
  • noun
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  • As an Englander, she takes great pride in her country's rich history and culture.

And that anyone who objects to that is an imbecile and bigoted and a little Englander.

Examples

  • Many Englanders enjoy afternoon tea as a cherished tradition.

  • The Englanders traveled across the countryside to celebrate the festival together.

  • It's called Middle Passage, and he aims this at New Englanders Middle Passage.

  • Like true New Englanders, we prepared for the worst and we hoped for the best.

  • And some people even had the sneaking suspicion that maybe New Englanders wouldn't be willing to fight under anybody else.

  • Zoris, if there's other New Englanders on your on your their stream, they will say, Oh yeah, we call that Zoris.

  • Yeah, the ice was slick and we fell hard more than once, but we were all of us New Englanders and no strangers to shuffling across an expanse of ice.

  • There's there's this mention that Lovecraft has of these New Englanders who, you know, believe in the Christian God and they've got this sort of dour view.

Synonyms

English person
vsEnglander
1 1.0

A person from England

is a simpler origin label without noting birthplace or residence
Englisher
vsEnglander
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A person from England

are the modern neutral form rather than old or dialectal
Anglo
vsEnglander
4.6

A person from England or of English background

mean people born or living in the country, not those only with ancestry

Compounds

Little Englander
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who has narrow views about other countries and England's place in the world

Surface Forms

Englander singular
Englanders plural

Morphology

Englander = England (transparent) = England + er

Clear agentive formation from the place name 'England' + '-er' yielding 'a person from England', which a B1 learner can derive.

Etymology

Englander comes from England plus the ending -er that means 'a person from'. Like New Yorker, it simply names someone from England.