Frenchman
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English Frenshman. By surface analysis, French + -man.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈfɹɛnt͡ʃm(ə)n/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (pin-pen merger) IPA(key): /ˈfɹɪ̟nt͡ʃm(ə)n/
- Hyphenation: French‧man
Noun
[edit]Frenchman (plural Frenchmen)
- A man of French birth or nationality.
- 1953 December 7, “ASIA: The Two Anti-Communists”, in TIME[1]:
- A deep-seated misgiving about U.S. Asian policy is spreading among anti-Communists in Southeast Asia, who fear that the Korean truce is the first sign of U.S. withdrawal. In Hong Kong, anti-Communist Chinese newspapers, even those critical of Chiang, now talk about “U.S. double-faced diplomacy.” One said that “Ike and Dulles have stepped right into Acheson’s shoes.” Though Secretary Dulles has bulled through a special $387 million grant to bolster anti-Communist resistance in Indo-China, Frenchmen frequently grumble: Why should we fight our Communists to a finish when you did not fight yours to a finish in Korea?
- 1975, Sue Helder Goliber, The Life and Times of Marguerite Durand: A Study in French Feminism, page 128:
- The former recommended that all members of the Chamber of Deputies be elected by the scrutin de liste: that they be elected by all Frenchmen of both sexes over 21 years old.
- A home-made tool used by bricklayers to cut excess mortar from newly pointed brickwork.
- (UK) The red-legged partridge.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]person of French birth or nationality
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