What's the difference between englishman and frenchman?

Englishman


Definition:

  • (n.) A native or a naturalized inhabitant of England.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He becomes the first Englishman to make a permanent move to Serie A since Jay Bothroyd signed for Perugia in 2003.
  • (2) Source: Reuters Dirty old river If the notion of an Englishman’s castle as his home is being challenged on the Levels, where scores of properties flooded, the bursting of the Thames from its banks a few hundred yards from the royal castle of Windsor has raised the issue to a new height.
  • (3) As if an Englishman would count his life a success because he had a mobile phone and lived in a country where a government transitioned peacefully in a democratic election.
  • (4) This is some "Englishman's castle", merely the direct result of half a century of political bribery .
  • (5) The opening lines of Hill's first completed (but second to be published) novel, Fell of Dark (1971), were clearly prophetic: "I possess the Englishman's usual ambivalent attitude to the police.
  • (6) The Italian has so far been unable to take up Clement’s offer to pay a visit to Derby’s training ground but the Englishman says the pair will probably speak before the United game so Clement can find out whether a manager who has won the Champions League three times has any words of advice, though he reckons he knows what he will hear.
  • (7) Gove has accused the Germans of adhering to such social Darwinist ideas, but he should know that these were widespread across Europe, and that one of their fullest enunciations came from Herbert Spencer, an Englishman.
  • (8) Gary Neville insisted that he had no intention of resigning as Valencia manager after his side was hammered 7-0 at the Camp Nou by Barcelona on Wednesday night – but the club’s sporting director Suso García Pitarch described it as “one of the worst results in our history” and evaded questions about the Englishman’s future at the Mestalla.
  • (9) This report presents a case of this in an Englishman who became ill whilst working the tropics.
  • (10) Through Connolly, he met George Orwell and Arthur Koestler , who became regular contributors; in later years, he appointed Eric Newby as the travel editor, persuaded Alan Ross to write on cricket and employed Gavin Young and the brilliant but deeply troubled John Gale, whose Clean Young Englishman is one of the finest English autobiographies.
  • (11) His view is that an Englishman should have the role and he dislikes the baggage that goes with the job.
  • (12) With allegations of cheap practice flying like left hooks around the Olympic boxing tournament, it took an Englishman and an Irishman to settle their legitimate sporting argument with admirable cordiality, Luke Campbell getting the better of John Joe Nevin to win Great Britain's 28th gold medal of the Games.
  • (13) The idea was that Hope had used Flashman's adventures to invent the tale of Rudolf Rassendyll, the Englishman who was the double of the King of Ruritania.
  • (14) Or she could believe that if she does what she is told she will be in a relationship with an Englishman and that somehow this "affair" (if that is not too romantic a word) will allow her to stay in the country.
  • (15) As an Englishman resident in Greece who has also spent 20 happy years working in Germany I feel ashamed of the mean-minded attitude of the German government.
  • (16) I’ve been careful to avoid mentioning Beckham directly, but Keane has no doubt about the influence of the Englishman’s move here in 2007.
  • (17) An Englishman’s home is his castle” – the idea that an obsession with home ownership is somehow in our national DNA – is one of them.
  • (18) An Englishman's home is his castle, and that castle now includes a moat to keep the peasants out.
  • (19) Dahlin also says the picture of Hodgson as a mild-mannered coach who rarely raises his voice is a myth, and players who crossed the Englishman would be told in no uncertain terms who was in charge.
  • (20) Elements of it read like a bad airport novel: the upper-class Englishman with links to former spies, the Dragon Lady armed with poison, the charismatic but ruthless leader and the maverick police chief.

Frenchman


Definition:

  • (n.) A native or one of the people of France.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The Frenchman’s 65th-minute goal was a fifth for United and redemptive after he conceded the penalty from which CSKA Moscow took a first-half lead.
  • (2) "We hope that we can help in designing the future missions to Mars," said the Frenchman, Romain Charles.
  • (3) Frankly, the pair had been at each other ever since the Frenchman had come on to the pitch.
  • (4) The Frenchman, who arrived from Porto last month, was invited to let fly and sent his first-time volley arrowing across goal and into the corner past Artur Boruc.
  • (5) Hopefully there can be some really great performances which will try to blow away the shadow that programme has caused.” But Kilty will face a strong field in the men’s 100m that includes five athletes who have gone under the 10 second barrier in 2015, including the Frenchman Jimmy Vicaut, the American Mike Rodgers and the evergreen Kim Collins.
  • (6) The Frenchman has been excused from duty at Everton on Saturday on compassionate grounds and the club have put no time frame on his possible return.
  • (7) Garde has wasted no time in making his mark on the team and it came as no surprise that the Frenchman restored all four signings from Ligue 1 – Jordan Ayew, Jordan Amavi, Jordan Veretout and Idrissa Gueye – to the starting XI.
  • (8) Signing Paul Pogba and keeping David de Gea are Louis van Gaal’s priorities Read more Van Gaal is free to sign the 22-year-old, valued at €100m (£71.5m) by Juventus, despite Sir Alex Ferguson allowing the Frenchman to leave Old Trafford in 2012.
  • (9) Mancini resists the temptation to belt the Frenchman in the mouth as he walks past him.
  • (10) He careered at Pedro Obiang, propelled by a frightening intent, and the midfielder was forced to flatten the Frenchman but Mike Jones adjudged the offence to have taken place outside the area.
  • (11) As a Frenchman, albeit a London-based one, he probably lacks first-hand knowledge of ITV's history.
  • (12) But the Frenchman has revealed an unlikely source of inspiration on his daily drive to Arsenal’s training ground in Hertfordshire: Bob Marley.
  • (13) Chelsea could potentially follow up Falcao’s arrival on a 12-month loan with a move for Antoine Griezmann from Atlético – the Frenchman has a £43m buyout clause in his contract – which would see them beginning the defence of their title with a revamped forward line.
  • (14) The Frenchman, who had already won the World Rally Championship, took control of the three-day event from the start.
  • (15) To really be beloved in France he needs to learn to swear with the virtuosity of a Frenchman who's mislaid his linen Agnes B scarf in the Rue du Bac.
  • (16) Palace had started the day in second place and with Cabaye imperious and James McArthur just as impressive at the Frenchman’s side they are no longer pushovers.
  • (17) He might not want it.” That may well be the case, and the Frenchman’s instinct may be to seek a new long-term deal at the Emirates Stadium.
  • (18) I am satisfied he helped to prevent Mr Sylla entering the carriage,” said Branston, adding that he also made “a wanker sign” toward the Frenchman.
  • (19) I maintain what I said, that he could make it back for February or even earlier,” the Frenchman said of Wilshere.
  • (20) Fryatt knocks the ball past Koscielny and attempts to retrieve it but the Frenchman is faster and wins the race.

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