Of or pertaining to England.
During the war of 1914–18 the English working class were in contact with foreigners to an extent that is rarely possible. The sole result was that they brought back a hatred of all Europeans, except the Germans, whose courage they admired.
English-language; of or pertaining to the language, descended from Anglo-Saxon, which developed in England.
Those immigrants Anglicised their names to make them sound more English.
Of or pertaining to the people of England (e.g. Englishmen and Englishwomen).
The Uſuwrper [...] within a few miles Tanna's Fort, near the Engliſh ſettlement of Fort William.
The people of England, e.g., Englishmen and Englishwomen.
Cricket—a game which the English, not being a spiritual people, have invented in order to give themselves some conception of eternity.
The non-Amish, people outside the Amish faith and community.
The language that developed in England and is now spoken in the British Isles, the Commonwealth of Nations, North America, and many other parts of the world.
English is spoken here as an unofficial language and lingua franca.
A variety, dialect, or idiolect of spoken and or written English.
To translate, adapt or render into English.
[…] severe prohibuit viris suis tum misceri feminas in consuetis suis menstruis, etc. I spare to English this which I have said.
From Middle English Englisch, English, Inglis, from Old English Englisċ (“of the Angles; English”), from Engle (“the Angles”), a Germanic tribe + -isċ; equivalent to Engle + -ish. Compare West Frisian...
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English language, literature, composition as a subject of study
To make English; to claim for England.
While the man Clive—he fought Plassy, spoiled the clever foreign game, Conquered and annexed and Englished!
Alternative form of English.
Eduard Sievers and his followers have, in recent years, raised the study of speech rhythm to the rank of a special science, which they call Schallanalyse, a name best englished as rhythmics.