Englishwomann.

Brit.

/ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃˌwʊmən/, U.S.

/ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lᵻʃˌwʊmən/

Inflections: Plural Englishwomen.

Forms: see English adj. and n. and woman n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English adj., woman n.

Etymology: < English adj. + woman n.

A woman who is English by descent, birth, or naturalization.For the various meanings of English in early use see note at the etymology of English adj. and n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of England > woman

Englishwomanc1400

c1400 Brut (Rawl. B. 171) 118 Kyng Eldrede wedede an Englisshe woman.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 217/1 Englysshewoman, anglesche.

1566 T. Stapleton Returne Vntruthes Jewelles Replie iii. f. 126 ^v How so euer you esteeme of her in dede we denie not but she was an English woman and Christian.

1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster West-ward Hoe iii. i. sig. E2 ^v Admirable Mistris, howe happie be our Englishwomen that are not troubled with Iealous husbands.

1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 22 Never was any people under the Sun, so sick..of new-fashions as English-women.

1736 Life of Mother Gin 5 Having acquir'd a handsome Fortune by his Industry he married an English Woman, and obtained an Act of Parliament for his Naturalization.

1795 H. Cowley Town before You v. 102 Come, come, Madam, throw away your chisel and your marble blocks, and set about making a good wife. That art is the noblest pride of an Englishwoman.

1818 Ld. Byron Beppo lxxxv. 44 Where an Englishwoman sometimes faints, Italian females don't do so outright.

1833 Baron d'Haussez Great Brit. I. 88 Englishwomen employ..an officiousness and an active care, which attach and fix their husbands.

1911 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 3 Nov. The average Englishwoman spends considerably less on making herself beautiful than the American, French or Viennese.

1957 M. McCarthy in New Yorker 28 Feb. 26/2 We had..a beautiful blond goddess of an Englishwoman with a nose like the reversed prow of a viking ship.

2005 M. Arnold Their Manners Noted i. 15 Certainly my mother was, by no stretch of imagination, a tweeds and golf Englishwoman.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	englishwoman
释义	Englishwomann. Brit. /ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃˌwʊmən/, U.S. /ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lᵻʃˌwʊmən/ Inflections: Plural Englishwomen. Forms: see English adj. and n. and woman n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English adj., woman n. Etymology: < English adj. + woman n. A woman who is English by descent, birth, or naturalization.For the various meanings of English in early use see note at the etymology of English adj. and n. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of England > woman Englishwomanc1400 c1400 Brut (Rawl. B. 171) 118 Kyng Eldrede wedede an Englisshe woman. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 217/1 Englysshewoman, anglesche. 1566 T. Stapleton Returne Vntruthes Jewelles Replie iii. f. 126 ^v How so euer you esteeme of her in dede we denie not but she was an English woman and Christian. 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster West-ward Hoe iii. i. sig. E2 ^v Admirable Mistris, howe happie be our Englishwomen that are not troubled with Iealous husbands. 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 22 Never was any people under the Sun, so sick..of new-fashions as English-women. 1736 Life of Mother Gin 5 Having acquir'd a handsome Fortune by his Industry he married an English Woman, and obtained an Act of Parliament for his Naturalization. 1795 H. Cowley Town before You v. 102 Come, come, Madam, throw away your chisel and your marble blocks, and set about making a good wife. That art is the noblest pride of an Englishwoman. 1818 Ld. Byron Beppo lxxxv. 44 Where an Englishwoman sometimes faints, Italian females don't do so outright. 1833 Baron d'Haussez Great Brit. I. 88 Englishwomen employ..an officiousness and an active care, which attach and fix their husbands. 1911 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 3 Nov. The average Englishwoman spends considerably less on making herself beautiful than the American, French or Viennese. 1957 M. McCarthy in New Yorker 28 Feb. 26/2 We had..a beautiful blond goddess of an Englishwoman with a nose like the reversed prow of a viking ship. 2005 M. Arnold Their Manners Noted i. 15 Certainly my mother was, by no stretch of imagination, a tweeds and golf Englishwoman. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1400
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