Frenchman
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- noun
- /ˈfrɛnʧmən/
:
francés
- While traveling in Paris, we encountered a friendly Frenchman who invited us to a local café.
- a young Frenchman
- Englishman and Frenchman
- a Frenchman named
Now, the man who invented it was a Frenchman by the name of Gaston Plante.
- Now, the man who invented it was a Frenchman by the name of Gaston Plante.
- You've got no choice but to get on with the people you're with, even if at times with that Frenchman, Fred, it wasn't that easy.
- Murad boasts that he will sever Frenchman's heads like slicing watermelons in a field.
- Is that the the dis Frenchmen?
Examples
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- Perhaps our learned Frenchman can give us the answer.
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- A great Frenchman once wrote, "The manner of giving is worth more than the gift."
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A Frenchman's hand is his word.
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Now, the man who invented it was a Frenchman by the name of Gaston Plante.
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Standing in the hall is Eric, a Frenchman of Zed's age wearing baggy French-style clothes.
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In the art gallery, I met a knowledgeable Frenchman who explained the history of the paintings.
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The Frenchman proudly shared stories about his culture during the international festival.
Synonyms
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A person who lives in Paris or comes from there
A person from France
A person from the Dauphiné region of southeastern France
A small dog with a flat face sometimes used as a nickname for a French person
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Frenchman is simply French + man, and French comes from the country name 'France', which was named long ago after a group of people called the 'Franks'. So a Frenchman is a man from 'France'.