The English people.
| 单词 | θ45063 |
| 释义 | the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] (159) EngleeOE The English people. EnglishOE With plural agreement, and frequently with the. English (occasionally British) people, soldiers (etc.) considered collectively. In Old English also… English-Saxona1387 = Anglo-Saxon, n. 1a. Anglea1398 A member of the English-speaking people inhabiting England before the Norman Conquest; = Anglo-Saxon, n. 1a. Now rare. Southron1488 Chiefly Scottish. With plural agreement, and frequently with the. English people regarded collectively. Now rare. England1569 The inhabitants of England (sometimes also Britain) regarded collectively. Also: England personified or regarded allusively, esp. as a political… Anglo-Saxon1602 Chiefly in plural. A member of the English-speaking people inhabiting England before the Norman Conquest. John Bull1748 A name given to the English nation personified. Sometimes more generally: a name given to Britain (or the United Kingdom) personified; cf. England, n.… Johnny Bull?1762 a name given to the English nation, or Britain, personified; a (typical) English or British person; = John Bull, n. 1. Southronya1795 With the. The English. Bull1825 = John Bull, n. 1a. Englishry1856 English people regarded collectively; an English population. Now rare. Subcategories:— native or inhabitant of England (147) |
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