Englandn.

Brit.

/ˈɪŋɡlənd/, U.S.

/ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lənd/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name England.

Etymology: < England, the name of the southern part of Great Britain (excluding Wales) < the genitive of Engle n. + land n.¹ Compare English adj., English n. Compare also Angle n.³, Engle n.Variants of the place name include the following: α. OE Ænglaland , Anglaland (rare), Englalond , OE-eME Ængleland , Englaland , lOE Englæland , lOE-eME Engleland , eME Aenglelond , Englalande , Englelond , Englelonde . β. eME Anglenelonde , Engleneloande , Englenelond , Englenelonde . γ. ME Ængeland , Eangelond , Engelande , Engelond , Engelonde , Enguelonde , Enkelonde , Ingelond , Ingelonde , Inglond , Inglonde , Yngelond , ME-15 Englond , Englonde , Ingeland , Ynglond , ME-16 Englande , Ingland , ME- England , 15 Eingland , Eyngland , Yngellond , 16 Inglant (Irish English), 17 Englone (Irish English); Sc. pre-17 Engelande , Englande , Englonde , Ingland , Inglande , Yngland , Ynglande , Ynglond , pre-17 17- England . The α forms represent the regular Old English genitive form of the first element: Engla (see Engle n.); the β forms show the reflex of the Old English genitive (plural) ending -ena (originally borrowed from the weak declension, and already a feature of some nouns of the ethnonym class in Old English: see A. Campbell Old Eng. Gram. (1959) §610 (7)); the γ forms show shortening. From the Old English period onwards the name England has been used to denote the southern part of the island of Great Britain, usually excluding Wales (although compare quot. 1658 below), and in early use including territory extending as far north as the Firth of Forth (compare quot. eOE). In Old English one of several words for the whole of the territory occupied by the Germanic settlers of Britain and their descendants (compare Angel-cynn , Angel-folc , Angel-þēod , which more clearly denote the people as well as the land they occupy: see Engle n.). For illustration of the historical development compare:eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) iv. xxvii. 358 In þæm mynstre Æbbercurni [i.e. Abercorn, West Lothian], þæt is geseted in Engla londe [L. in regione Anglorum] ac hwæðre neah þæm sæ, þe Engla lond [L. Anglorum terras] & Peohta tosceadaþ.OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Tiber. B.i) anno 1014 Æfre ælcne deniscne cyng utlah of Engla lande gecwædon.OE Death of Edward (Tiber. B.i) 20 He..wunode wræclastum wide geond eorðan, syððan Cnut ofercom kynn Æðelredes and Dena weoldon deore rice Engla landes.lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1131 Swa micel orfcwalm swa hit næfre ær ne wæs on manne gemynd ofer eall Engleland.a1161 Royal Charter: Henry II to Certain Bishops, Earls, Sheriffs, & Thegns in J. Hall Select. Early Middle Eng. (1920) I. 11 H[enry] þurh godes ȝefu ænglelandes king.c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 44 Heresie, godd haue þonc, ne rixleð nawt in englelond.a1275 (?c1200) Prov. Alfred (Trin. Cambr.) (1955) 70 In Enkelonde [a1300 Jesus Oxf on englene londe] he was kyng.a1300 Shires & Hundreds Eng. in R. Morris Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 145 Engle lond is eyhte hundred Myle long. ▸ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xv. xiv. 733 Inglond is þe moste Ilond of Occean.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8 Brut þat bern bald of hand, þe first conquerour of Ingland.a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 243 Þe Kyng of Yngelond is Kyng of Yngelond and more Bretayne.a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 46 Hyt be almost impossybul to..set such a commyn wele among us here in englond.1658 E. Wingate Maximes of Reason xix. 40 Since the Statute of 12 E. I. which incorporateth Wales into England, and makes it parcel of England in possession, no protection, Quia moratur in Wallia, will now lye. In some of these examples (e.g. quots. a1398, a1400) the name is used more generally to refer to the whole of Britain. Such use is also found later, although it is now frequently objected to, especially by people in Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. For illustration of such use compare:1791 L. Littlepage Let. 26 Dec. in T. Jefferson Papers (1986) XXII. 451 The connection between England and Prussia, first arose..from the domineering position of the latter over the Electorate..of Hanover.1805 R. Parkinson Tour in Amer. i. viii. 265 These politicians frequently argue that they can do without England... They have once whipped the British; and they will do it again.2007 Internat. Herald Tribune (Nexis) 2 Nov. 1 A well-appointed house in Islamabad decorated with photographs of Jacqueline Kennedy, the queen of England and Charles de Gaulle. England and English (and their derivatives) are the only instances in modern standard English in which the spelling with e has been retained in words showing raising of Middle English ĕ to ĭ before /ŋɡ/ (see further E. J. Dobson Eng. Pronunc. 1500–1700 (ed. 2, 1968) II. §77, and compare e.g. wing n., string n., and the forms cited at those entries).

a. The inhabitants of England (sometimes also Britain) regarded collectively. Also: England personified or regarded allusively, esp. as a political entity; (with modifying word) a section of the inhabitants of England (or Britain). Frequently with plural agreement.Merry, Middle, Old, Young England: see the first element.

ΘΚΠ

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

EngleeOE

EnglishOE

English-Saxona1387

Anglea1398

Southron1488

England1569

Anglo-Saxon1602

John Bull1748

Johnny Bull?1762

Southronya1795

Bull1825

Englishry1856

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 116 I trust this wassall shall make all England glad. And with that he dranke a great draught, the king pledging him.

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V ii. iv. 25 If we heard England were busied with a Moris dance.

1704 J. Woodward Acct. Progress Reformation of Manners (ed. 12) 9 So many learned and pious Persons , in divers parts of Europe and America, are already successfully engaged in Promoting of this work by Societies, after the Example of England.

1764 R. Wallace View Internal Policy Great Brit. i. 45 While England was progressing in that change of its constitution, Ireland as a dependent country was affected with it.

1805 Naval Chron. 14 479 The memorable words of Lord Nelson, in his last orders to his conquering countrymen, be inscribed on such monument, ‘England expects every man will do his duty’.

1825 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 29 Oct. 261 Be astonished, if you can, at the pauperism and the crimes that now disgrace this once happy and moral England.

1831 W. Scott Castle Dangerous v, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. III. 319 Strict discipline,..since the death of that great monarch, had been considerably neglected by the young and warm-blooded valour of England.

1869 E. C. Booth (title) Another England.

1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times IV. 63 He proclaimed to England that her ancient system must fall into cureless ruin.

1904 Collier's 20 Feb. 1 Arthur Lynch's release has the approval of all England except a few peculiarly mossy old Tories.

1948 P. Sturges Unfaithfully Yours in Four More Screenplays (1995) 834 Second Reporter. Would you say that England is hungry for music?.. Sir Alfred. I'm a little too happy at the moment to be truly deepdish..but I would say that England is hungry for everything.

1989 W. Dalrymple In Xanadu (1990) iii. 76 ‘But all England knows aerobics. It is the modern method of keep fit.’ He looked genuinely shocked. ‘Well you must know breakdance.’

b. allusively. A country or district beyond the boundaries of England which is inhabited by people of English (or †British) origin, adopts an English way of life, or resembles (or is held to resemble) England in other ways.Little, New England: see the first element.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > England > [noun] > microcosm or colony of England

Little England1577

England1660

1660 J. Caryl Pref. in J. Eliot Further Acct. Progress Gospel in New Eng. (new ed.) sig. A4 Promotion of this work of Christ in That Other England.

1738 J. Bancks Misc. Wks. II. 155 Fate may have Sceptres destin'd for Thy Hand, And other Englands William may command.

1799 N. Gay Strictures on Proposed Union 20 From the ashes will, phoenix-like, arise Ireland regenerate,..a work to wonder at—progressively and in time another England!

1804 Conc. Hist. Eng. Colony New S. Wales p. v It is now eighteen years since the first establishment was made in New South Wales; and the colony is already England in miniature.

1834 T. P. Thompson Exercises (1842) III. 40 [Belgium], an older England than our own.

1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Dec. 1/1 A Conference of all the Englands over sea.

1900 News 28 June 31 His countrymen will, doubtless, feel that Lord Brassey has done his work well in ‘the Englands of the Southern Seas’.

1922 C. H. Van Tyne Causes War of Independence iii. 62 Progressive statesmen..began to grasp a new theory of the place of colonies in an empire. New Englands might profitably be set up beyond the seas.

1990 D. B. Quinn Explorers & Colonies vi. 108 The idea of creating in North America another England or Englands,..with more generous opportunities..for all settlers though retaining essentially English social gradations.

2003 W. Anderson Cultiv. of Whiteness (2006) i. 37 A gust of hot wind could always unsettle glib assertions of another England down under.

c. A sports team representing England. Frequently with plural agreement.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > team or group > specific

England1795

Dark Blue1852

Light Blue1852

springboks1906

JV1922

sine1922

1795 S. Britcher Compl. List Grand Matches Cricket 27 (table) England... First innings... Hon. J. Tuston..28 Leg before Wick.

1825 Morning Chron. 31 Aug. Great Pigeon Match... England won by one bird in the two day's shooting.

1872 Times 6 Feb. 5/5 England took the west goal and Scotland the east-end one opposite the gasworks.

1932 Grocott's Daily Mail (Grahamstown, S. Afr.) 2 Jan. 3 It cannot be said that many English rugby critics strongly favour England's chance against the Springboks on Saturday.

1970 H. McIlvanney & A. Hopcraft World Cup '70 iv. 141 Though the Brazilian attack was ripplingly alive with one-twos and sharp progressive triangles, England were doing more than holding their own.

1998 Compass Apr. 24/1–3 England has so far always managed to win this competition.

2007 Hindustan Times 28 May 22/3 England are best placed to a be a future powerhouse because they have many good players entering their prime batting years.

†2. A form of address for: the King of England (only in Shakespeare). Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 483 Speake England first, that hath bin forward first To speake vnto this Cittie.

Phrases

P1. lie back and think of England: see lie v.¹ Additions b.

P2. England, home, and beauty: (from an English point of view) all that is worth fighting for.From a poem by Samuel Arnold (see quot. c1812) expressing idealistic patriotism. In later use with allusion (sometimes ironic) to this poem.

ΚΠ

c1812 S. J. Arnold Nelson 113 In honor's cause I fall at last. For England home and beauty, For England home and beauty.

1831 Metropolitan 1 147 So completely did she humbug me with honor and glory, merit rewarded, England, home and beauty—all shouting my praises—that I resolved to put the best face I could upon the matter.

1874 M. Clarke His Nat. Life i. vii. 54 ‘England, home, and beauty!’ said Vetch, with a mock-heroic air.

1916 J. N. Hall Kitchener's Mob iv. 45 Tommy shoulders his rifle and departs for the four corners of the world on a ‘bloomin' fine little 'oliday!’.. Perhaps he is stirred at the thought of fighting for ‘England, Home, and Beauty’.

1943 T. Beecham Mingled Chime viii. 69 Henceforth the whole country..is to find happiness in exploring no other delights but those of England, home, and beauty.

2003 K. Greenwood Castlemaine Murders xii. 187 Chumley had been murdered... Possibly by a stranger, possibly by his best mate, who then presumably went back to England, Home and Beauty with the gold.

P3. colloquial. to —— for England: to engage extensively or excessively in a non-competitive activity (specified by the verb), humorously regarded as if it were a competitive sport; also with verbal noun in place of infinitive. Cf. to —— for Britain at Britain n.² Phrases.Chiefly used by English people, with allusion to sense 1c.

ΚΠ

1956 M. Muggeridge in New Statesman 1 Feb. 143/1 He [sc. Anthony Eden] is not only a bore but he bores for England.

1957 G. Willans My Uncle Harry vii. 88 But Mr Potter was a special kind of bore, a champion, a man who could bore for England.

1983 Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. 3 June 582 Expense account persons who were stuffing themselves with truffles and fish-eggs as if they were eating for England in the cardiac Olympics.

1994 People (Nexis) 30 Jan. 56 He could talk for England.

2007 Eve July 81/1 Jim flirted for England!

Compounds

C1. General attributive (in later use often in sense 1c).

ΚΠ

a1475 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (Laud) (1885) 113 (MED) That Ingelonde men made suche warre in Ffraunce.

1681 R. Thelwall Let. 7 Feb. in R. Law Eng. in W. Afr. (1997) I. 92 One Allen an England interlooper passed by Cape Corso.

1853 Bell's Life in London 22 May 6/2 The England side was under the captaincy of Mr. Nicholson.

1862 Cornhill Mag. Nov. 648 It is all in single pennifs on the England jug... It is in 5l notes on the Bank of England.

1878 Let. in Bell's Life in London 9 Mar. 5/2 The England team..were a splendid lot of players individually, but to my idea they played very selfishly.

1963 Times 20 Apr. 3/4 Bristol, where the England players for the short Antipodean tour will foregather to be kitted and generally vetted.

1990 Sun 22 May 32/5 Adams is a gold nugget, has been Arsenal's best player this season and is a future England captain.

2003 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) (Nexis) 15 July 61 On Saturday, he gets arrested in an England pub following a fight with a newspaper photographer.

C2.

England-returned adj. Indian English (of a person) that has returned (to India) after a stay in England.

ΚΠ

1883 Indian Spectator 1 July 411/2 This is a charge from which very few of our England-returned men can escape.

1925 S. Banerjea Nation in Making xxxvii. 398 Fifty years ago I was an outcaste (being an England-returned Brahmin) in the village where I live.

1989 G. Mehta Raj xvii. 110 ‘The Maharani will be looking for a bride for your brother.’ ‘He is England-returned! Only the best will be considered now.’

2001 Hindu (Nexis) 2 June It was more important to know from the England-returned skipper whether the national team was worthy of playing in a World Cup qualifier.

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

单词	england
释义	Englandn. Brit. /ˈɪŋɡlənd/, U.S. /ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lənd/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name England. Etymology: < England, the name of the southern part of Great Britain (excluding Wales) < the genitive of Engle n. + land n.¹ Compare English adj., English n. Compare also Angle n.³, Engle n.Variants of the place name include the following: α. OE Ænglaland , Anglaland (rare), Englalond , OE-eME Ængleland , Englaland , lOE Englæland , lOE-eME Engleland , eME Aenglelond , Englalande , Englelond , Englelonde . β. eME Anglenelonde , Engleneloande , Englenelond , Englenelonde . γ. ME Ængeland , Eangelond , Engelande , Engelond , Engelonde , Enguelonde , Enkelonde , Ingelond , Ingelonde , Inglond , Inglonde , Yngelond , ME-15 Englond , Englonde , Ingeland , Ynglond , ME-16 Englande , Ingland , ME- England , 15 Eingland , Eyngland , Yngellond , 16 Inglant (Irish English), 17 Englone (Irish English); Sc. pre-17 Engelande , Englande , Englonde , Ingland , Inglande , Yngland , Ynglande , Ynglond , pre-17 17- England . The α forms represent the regular Old English genitive form of the first element: Engla (see Engle n.); the β forms show the reflex of the Old English genitive (plural) ending -ena (originally borrowed from the weak declension, and already a feature of some nouns of the ethnonym class in Old English: see A. Campbell Old Eng. Gram. (1959) §610 (7)); the γ forms show shortening. From the Old English period onwards the name England has been used to denote the southern part of the island of Great Britain, usually excluding Wales (although compare quot. 1658 below), and in early use including territory extending as far north as the Firth of Forth (compare quot. eOE). In Old English one of several words for the whole of the territory occupied by the Germanic settlers of Britain and their descendants (compare Angel-cynn , Angel-folc , Angel-þēod , which more clearly denote the people as well as the land they occupy: see Engle n.). For illustration of the historical development compare:eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) iv. xxvii. 358 In þæm mynstre Æbbercurni [i.e. Abercorn, West Lothian], þæt is geseted in Engla londe [L. in regione Anglorum] ac hwæðre neah þæm sæ, þe Engla lond [L. Anglorum terras] & Peohta tosceadaþ.OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Tiber. B.i) anno 1014 Æfre ælcne deniscne cyng utlah of Engla lande gecwædon.OE Death of Edward (Tiber. B.i) 20 He..wunode wræclastum wide geond eorðan, syððan Cnut ofercom kynn Æðelredes and Dena weoldon deore rice Engla landes.lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1131 Swa micel orfcwalm swa hit næfre ær ne wæs on manne gemynd ofer eall Engleland.a1161 Royal Charter: Henry II to Certain Bishops, Earls, Sheriffs, & Thegns in J. Hall Select. Early Middle Eng. (1920) I. 11 H[enry] þurh godes ȝefu ænglelandes king.c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 44 Heresie, godd haue þonc, ne rixleð nawt in englelond.a1275 (?c1200) Prov. Alfred (Trin. Cambr.) (1955) 70 In Enkelonde [a1300 Jesus Oxf on englene londe] he was kyng.a1300 Shires & Hundreds Eng. in R. Morris Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 145 Engle lond is eyhte hundred Myle long. ▸ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xv. xiv. 733 Inglond is þe moste Ilond of Occean.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8 Brut þat bern bald of hand, þe first conquerour of Ingland.a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 243 Þe Kyng of Yngelond is Kyng of Yngelond and more Bretayne.a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 46 Hyt be almost impossybul to..set such a commyn wele among us here in englond.1658 E. Wingate Maximes of Reason xix. 40 Since the Statute of 12 E. I. which incorporateth Wales into England, and makes it parcel of England in possession, no protection, Quia moratur in Wallia, will now lye. In some of these examples (e.g. quots. a1398, a1400) the name is used more generally to refer to the whole of Britain. Such use is also found later, although it is now frequently objected to, especially by people in Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. For illustration of such use compare:1791 L. Littlepage Let. 26 Dec. in T. Jefferson Papers (1986) XXII. 451 The connection between England and Prussia, first arose..from the domineering position of the latter over the Electorate..of Hanover.1805 R. Parkinson Tour in Amer. i. viii. 265 These politicians frequently argue that they can do without England... They have once whipped the British; and they will do it again.2007 Internat. Herald Tribune (Nexis) 2 Nov. 1 A well-appointed house in Islamabad decorated with photographs of Jacqueline Kennedy, the queen of England and Charles de Gaulle. England and English (and their derivatives) are the only instances in modern standard English in which the spelling with e has been retained in words showing raising of Middle English ĕ to ĭ before /ŋɡ/ (see further E. J. Dobson Eng. Pronunc. 1500–1700 (ed. 2, 1968) II. §77, and compare e.g. wing n., string n., and the forms cited at those entries). 1. a. The inhabitants of England (sometimes also Britain) regarded collectively. Also: England personified or regarded allusively, esp. as a political entity; (with modifying word) a section of the inhabitants of England (or Britain). Frequently with plural agreement.Merry, Middle, Old, Young England: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] EngleeOE EnglishOE English-Saxona1387 Anglea1398 Southron1488 England1569 Anglo-Saxon1602 John Bull1748 Johnny Bull?1762 Southronya1795 Bull1825 Englishry1856 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 116 I trust this wassall shall make all England glad. And with that he dranke a great draught, the king pledging him. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V ii. iv. 25 If we heard England were busied with a Moris dance. 1704 J. Woodward Acct. Progress Reformation of Manners (ed. 12) 9 So many learned and pious Persons , in divers parts of Europe and America, are already successfully engaged in Promoting of this work by Societies, after the Example of England. 1764 R. Wallace View Internal Policy Great Brit. i. 45 While England was progressing in that change of its constitution, Ireland as a dependent country was affected with it. 1805 Naval Chron. 14 479 The memorable words of Lord Nelson, in his last orders to his conquering countrymen, be inscribed on such monument, ‘England expects every man will do his duty’. 1825 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 29 Oct. 261 Be astonished, if you can, at the pauperism and the crimes that now disgrace this once happy and moral England. 1831 W. Scott Castle Dangerous v, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. III. 319 Strict discipline,..since the death of that great monarch, had been considerably neglected by the young and warm-blooded valour of England. 1869 E. C. Booth (title) Another England. 1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times IV. 63 He proclaimed to England that her ancient system must fall into cureless ruin. 1904 Collier's 20 Feb. 1 Arthur Lynch's release has the approval of all England except a few peculiarly mossy old Tories. 1948 P. Sturges Unfaithfully Yours in Four More Screenplays (1995) 834 Second Reporter. Would you say that England is hungry for music?.. Sir Alfred. I'm a little too happy at the moment to be truly deepdish..but I would say that England is hungry for everything. 1989 W. Dalrymple In Xanadu (1990) iii. 76 ‘But all England knows aerobics. It is the modern method of keep fit.’ He looked genuinely shocked. ‘Well you must know breakdance.’ b. allusively. A country or district beyond the boundaries of England which is inhabited by people of English (or †British) origin, adopts an English way of life, or resembles (or is held to resemble) England in other ways.Little, New England: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > England > [noun] > microcosm or colony of England Little England1577 England1660 1660 J. Caryl Pref. in J. Eliot Further Acct. Progress Gospel in New Eng. (new ed.) sig. A4 Promotion of this work of Christ in That Other England. 1738 J. Bancks Misc. Wks. II. 155 Fate may have Sceptres destin'd for Thy Hand, And other Englands William may command. 1799 N. Gay Strictures on Proposed Union 20 From the ashes will, phoenix-like, arise Ireland regenerate,..a work to wonder at—progressively and in time another England! 1804 Conc. Hist. Eng. Colony New S. Wales p. v It is now eighteen years since the first establishment was made in New South Wales; and the colony is already England in miniature. 1834 T. P. Thompson Exercises (1842) III. 40 [Belgium], an older England than our own. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Dec. 1/1 A Conference of all the Englands over sea. 1900 News 28 June 31 His countrymen will, doubtless, feel that Lord Brassey has done his work well in ‘the Englands of the Southern Seas’. 1922 C. H. Van Tyne Causes War of Independence iii. 62 Progressive statesmen..began to grasp a new theory of the place of colonies in an empire. New Englands might profitably be set up beyond the seas. 1990 D. B. Quinn Explorers & Colonies vi. 108 The idea of creating in North America another England or Englands,..with more generous opportunities..for all settlers though retaining essentially English social gradations. 2003 W. Anderson Cultiv. of Whiteness (2006) i. 37 A gust of hot wind could always unsettle glib assertions of another England down under. c. A sports team representing England. Frequently with plural agreement. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > team or group > specific England1795 Dark Blue1852 Light Blue1852 springboks1906 JV1922 sine1922 1795 S. Britcher Compl. List Grand Matches Cricket 27 (table) England... First innings... Hon. J. Tuston..28 Leg before Wick. 1825 Morning Chron. 31 Aug. Great Pigeon Match... England won by one bird in the two day's shooting. 1872 Times 6 Feb. 5/5 England took the west goal and Scotland the east-end one opposite the gasworks. 1932 Grocott's Daily Mail (Grahamstown, S. Afr.) 2 Jan. 3 It cannot be said that many English rugby critics strongly favour England's chance against the Springboks on Saturday. 1970 H. McIlvanney & A. Hopcraft World Cup '70 iv. 141 Though the Brazilian attack was ripplingly alive with one-twos and sharp progressive triangles, England were doing more than holding their own. 1998 Compass Apr. 24/1–3 England has so far always managed to win this competition. 2007 Hindustan Times 28 May 22/3 England are best placed to a be a future powerhouse because they have many good players entering their prime batting years. †2. A form of address for: the King of England (only in Shakespeare). Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 483 Speake England first, that hath bin forward first To speake vnto this Cittie. View more context for this quotation Phrases P1. lie back and think of England: see lie v.¹ Additions b. P2. England, home, and beauty: (from an English point of view) all that is worth fighting for.From a poem by Samuel Arnold (see quot. c1812) expressing idealistic patriotism. In later use with allusion (sometimes ironic) to this poem. ΚΠ c1812 S. J. Arnold Nelson 113 In honor's cause I fall at last. For England home and beauty, For England home and beauty. 1831 Metropolitan 1 147 So completely did she humbug me with honor and glory, merit rewarded, England, home and beauty—all shouting my praises—that I resolved to put the best face I could upon the matter. 1874 M. Clarke His Nat. Life i. vii. 54 ‘England, home, and beauty!’ said Vetch, with a mock-heroic air. 1916 J. N. Hall Kitchener's Mob iv. 45 Tommy shoulders his rifle and departs for the four corners of the world on a ‘bloomin' fine little 'oliday!’.. Perhaps he is stirred at the thought of fighting for ‘England, Home, and Beauty’. 1943 T. Beecham Mingled Chime viii. 69 Henceforth the whole country..is to find happiness in exploring no other delights but those of England, home, and beauty. 2003 K. Greenwood Castlemaine Murders xii. 187 Chumley had been murdered... Possibly by a stranger, possibly by his best mate, who then presumably went back to England, Home and Beauty with the gold. P3. colloquial. to —— for England: to engage extensively or excessively in a non-competitive activity (specified by the verb), humorously regarded as if it were a competitive sport; also with verbal noun in place of infinitive. Cf. to —— for Britain at Britain n.² Phrases.Chiefly used by English people, with allusion to sense 1c. ΚΠ 1956 M. Muggeridge in New Statesman 1 Feb. 143/1 He [sc. Anthony Eden] is not only a bore but he bores for England. 1957 G. Willans My Uncle Harry vii. 88 But Mr Potter was a special kind of bore, a champion, a man who could bore for England. 1983 Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. 3 June 582 Expense account persons who were stuffing themselves with truffles and fish-eggs as if they were eating for England in the cardiac Olympics. 1994 People (Nexis) 30 Jan. 56 He could talk for England. 2007 Eve July 81/1 Jim flirted for England! Compounds C1. General attributive (in later use often in sense 1c). ΚΠ a1475 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (Laud) (1885) 113 (MED) That Ingelonde men made suche warre in Ffraunce. 1681 R. Thelwall Let. 7 Feb. in R. Law Eng. in W. Afr. (1997) I. 92 One Allen an England interlooper passed by Cape Corso. 1853 Bell's Life in London 22 May 6/2 The England side was under the captaincy of Mr. Nicholson. 1862 Cornhill Mag. Nov. 648 It is all in single pennifs on the England jug... It is in 5l notes on the Bank of England. 1878 Let. in Bell's Life in London 9 Mar. 5/2 The England team..were a splendid lot of players individually, but to my idea they played very selfishly. 1963 Times 20 Apr. 3/4 Bristol, where the England players for the short Antipodean tour will foregather to be kitted and generally vetted. 1990 Sun 22 May 32/5 Adams is a gold nugget, has been Arsenal's best player this season and is a future England captain. 2003 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) (Nexis) 15 July 61 On Saturday, he gets arrested in an England pub following a fight with a newspaper photographer. C2. England-returned adj. Indian English (of a person) that has returned (to India) after a stay in England. ΚΠ 1883 Indian Spectator 1 July 411/2 This is a charge from which very few of our England-returned men can escape. 1925 S. Banerjea Nation in Making xxxvii. 398 Fifty years ago I was an outcaste (being an England-returned Brahmin) in the village where I live. 1989 G. Mehta Raj xvii. 110 ‘The Maharani will be looking for a bride for your brother.’ ‘He is England-returned! Only the best will be considered now.’ 2001 Hindu (Nexis) 2 June It was more important to know from the England-returned skipper whether the national team was worthy of playing in a World Cup qualifier. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1475
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