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English person

DEFINITIONS OF: English person

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n a native or inhabitant of England

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Englishman
a man who is a native or inhabitant of England
Englishwoman
a woman who is a native or inhabitant of England
Anglo-Saxon
a native or inhabitant of England prior to the Norman Conquest
Anglo-Saxon
a person of Anglo-Saxon (especially British) descent whose native tongue is English and whose culture is strongly influenced by English culture as in WASP for `White Anglo-Saxon Protestant'
Anglo-Indian
a person of English citizenship born or living in India
pom, pommy
a disparaging term for a British person
Cantabrigian
a resident of Cambridge
Lancastrian
a resident of Lancaster
Lancastrian
a member (or supporter) of the house of Lancaster
Geordie
a native of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Hanoverian
a member (or supporter) of the house of Hanover
Liverpudlian, Scouser
a native or resident of Liverpool
Londoner
a native or resident of London
Mancunian
a native or resident of Manchester
Oxonian
a native or resident of Oxford
Brummie, Brummy
a native or resident of Birmingham, England
Mackem
a native of Sunderland
Sassenach
the Scots' term for an English person
Tyke
a native of Yorkshire
John Bull, limey
a man of English descent
Cornishman
a man who is a native or inhabitant of Cornwall
Cornishwoman
a woman who is a native or resident of Cornwall
Cockney
a native of the east end of London
burgess, burgher
a citizen of an English borough
Jacobean
any distinguished personage during the reign of James I
Tory
a member of political party in Great Britain that has been known as the Conservative Party since 1832; was the opposition party to the Whigs
Whig
a member of the political party that urged social reform in 18th and 19th century England; was the opposition party to the Tories
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Brit, Britisher, Briton
a native or inhabitant of Great Britain
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