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🧑‍🦱 A surname 🇬🇧 A person from England
Englander

Englander

5 7.0
A family name used by some people from England
  • proper noun
  • /ˈɪŋɡləndər/
translation icon : Englander
  • Nathan Englander is known for his thought-provoking novels that explore complex themes.
  • a New Englander

And finally, I think Sean gave my, my Twitter address, the John Englander, but I'm on e-mail and I do a weekly blog.

Examples

  • My inner New Englander came out as I remembered how to drive in this region.

    Blog text (15)

  • A plain-speaking New Englander with 30 years' experience as a probation officer, White works with female offenders.

    Academic text (1995)

  • I am a New Englander at heart, but I currently live in the Midwest.

    Blog text (2)

  • Her father was a New Englander, a Connecticut Yankee.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • My mum grew up in Maine, she's a real New Englander.

    The Age of Adaline (2015)

  • In the time I had to do a bit of research, I discovered that James Newbolt was a New Englander, sufficiently well-born to be called a scion.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Isaac Elliott Trask was a New Englander and a lawyer who had ridden with Alexander Hamilton to put down the Whiskey Rebellion.

    Academic text (2017)

  • Lou's is an old-money New Englander who acts like he's less wealthy than he is, probably a Dartmouth alum.

    Blog text (17)

  • Israel A. Englander is a prominent figure in the world of finance.

  • The historian traced the Englander family lineage back to the 17th century.

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 main

Morphology

Englander = England (semi-transparent) = England + er

Formally derived from 'England' + '-er', but as a family name the referential meaning is lexicalized and does not necessarily denote origin.

Etymology

Englander as a family name began as a label for someone from England, in other words 'a person from England', and over time that label became a surname for the family.