Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A man who is a native or inhabitant of France.
  • noun A man of French ancestry.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A man of the French nation; a native inhabitant of France, or one belonging to the French race.
  • noun A French ship.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A native or one of the people of France.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A man of French birth or nationality.
  • noun A home-made tool used by bricklayers to cut excess mortar from newly pointed brickwork.
  • noun UK The red-legged partridge.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a person of French nationality

Etymologies

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French +‎ -man

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Examples

  • Like the mallards that return each spring to have their ducklings, our farmer-Frenchman is helping the earth to give birth.

    bapteme - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • Kevin MacDonald, who was appointed on a caretaker basis at the start of the season, had a better record than the Frenchman from the same number of matches.

    Villa give Gérard Houllier little to cheer in draw with Birmingham Stuart James at Villa Park 2010

  • Like the mallards that return each spring to have their ducklings, our farmer-Frenchman is helping the earth to give birth.

    French Word-A-Day: 2010

  • Also: "Taken just on a political level, [How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman] is one of sharpest satires of colonial history ever made, especially since it's sourced out from the exploited culture's sensibility."

    GreenCine Daily: DVDs, 5/8. 2007

  • In business as well as politics, the first duty of every Frenchman is to shaft the English.

    Irony compounded by irony Richard 2006

  • The tires were deemed irreplaceable by a certain Frenchman (!!!), who suggested we ditch the vélo.

    choc - French Word-A-Day 2006

  • New York: Got a needed frontcourt scorer in Frenchman Frederic Weis, who will back up Patrick Ewing.

    Bulls among 14 teams that won on draft day 1999

  • They lauded his skill in all the arts, his fine manner, his force, his generosity and gaiety, and generally concluded with these words: He was the perfect Frenchman, that is to say, the most amiable of mortals.

    World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947

  • They lauded his skill in all the arts, his fine manner, his force, his generosity and gaiety, and generally concluded with these words: He was the perfect Frenchman, that is to say, the most amiable of mortals.

    World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947

  • They lauded his skill in all the arts, his fine manner, his force, his generosity and gaiety, and generally concluded with these words: He was the perfect Frenchman, that is to say, the most amiable of mortals.

    World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947

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