Frenchman

noun

French·​man ˈfrench-mən How to pronounce Frenchman (audio)
1
: a native or inhabitant of France
2
: a person who is of French descent

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Los Blancos president Florentino Perez was deemed to have pulled off a master stroke in 2022 when beating his club's Champions League final foes that year Liverpool to the Frenchman's signature. Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025 Around the time of Lubbock’s experiments with Van, a New York publisher produced a phonetic dictionary of some 600 cat sounds compiled by a Frenchman named Alphonse Leon Grimaldi. Camille Bromley Gabra Zackman Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025 The pic written and directed by Frenchman Jacques Audiard won Best Non English-Language Motion Picture and Best Original Song after beginning the night with Zoe Saldaña taking Best Supporting Female Actor in a Motion Picture. Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 5 Jan. 2025 Feeling the Frenchman’s wingspan, Jokic tried to slingshot a cross-court pass to Michael Porter Jr. on the left wing. Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 4 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for Frenchman 

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of Frenchman was before the 12th century

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“Frenchman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Frenchman. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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Frenchman

noun
French·​man ˈfrench-mən How to pronounce Frenchman (audio)
: a person who is French
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