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Englishwoman

Englishwoman

4 1.0
A woman from England
  • noun
  • /ˈɪŋɡlɪʃˌwʊmən/
: inglesa
  • To her perfectly reasonable question, the Englishwoman Violet receives no answer.
  • the Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine
  • the Englishwoman's Domestic

Examples

  • "I've spent the past year working on a paper about Lady Sarah Thornton, an Englishwoman who traveled through Texas during the 1870s."

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Through it, she could hear her say, "It's that Englishwoman again."

    Fiction book (1995)
  • I have asked an Englishwoman to marry me.

  • In this play, you are a very elegant and beautiful Englishwoman.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • He was in London and met this lovely Englishwoman.

  • I am a 56-year-old Englishwoman who has never given birth or seen a superhero film.

  • I'm an Englishwoman.

  • A stately Englishwoman named Constance hove into Barker's ken.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • He was in London and met this lovely Englishwoman.

  • In the afternoon, we happened into an art gallery where we met an Englishwoman named Tessa Harris.

Synonyms

Anglo
vsEnglishwoman
5 4.6

A person from England or of English background

is limited to females born or living in England rather than broader groups
Englander
vsEnglishwoman
4 4.2

A person who is from England

is reserved for females rather than for all people
English person
vsEnglishwoman
1 1.0

A person from England

is specific to females rather than being gender neutral
Englisher
vsEnglishwoman
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A person from England

is the modern female-specific term rather than a dated form

Surface Forms

Englishwoman singular
Englishwomen plural

Morphology

Englishwoman = English + woman (transparent) = English + woman

The meaning is a straightforward compound combining the adjective 'English' with 'woman' to denote a woman from England.

Etymology

Englishwoman is made from English ('from England') and woman ('adult female'), so it simply means 'a woman from England'.