Englisher

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An old name for the English language

: inglés

The manuscript was written in old Englisher that few people today can understand.

Examples

Some rural communities still refer to the language as Englisher in local dialect.
He spoke in the Englisher of his ancestors, using words long forgotten.
The term Englisher is rarely used today.
Many dialects of the Englisher language exist.
The manuscript was written in old Englisher that few people today can understand.
He spoke in the Englisher of his ancestors, using words long forgotten.
Some rural communities still refer to the language as Englisher in local dialect.

Englisher singular

Englishers plural

Englisher = English (semi-transparent) = English + er

Built from 'English' + '-er' to denote the language in an archaic/dialectal form; the morphology is clear but the form is non-productive and archaic.

Englisher was also an old or local word for the English language, so when you see it in old texts it simply means 'the English language'.