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# frenchman

«frenchman» in Mova's school dictionary: **French** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a Frenchman, Frenchmen)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A man who comes from France or is French. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frenchman/#m1)

2) (history, informal) Sometimes used to mean a French person or soldier in general. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frenchman/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons, famous Frenchmen include Napoleon and Louis Braille. In geography, French people live in France and many other places. «Frenchwoman» is used for a woman, and «French people» or «the French» for everyone. In stories, a stereotype of a Frenchman with a striped shirt and beret should be seen as a joke, not the truth.

### examples

- Louis Braille was a Frenchman who invented writing for blind people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frenchman/#x1)
- The Frenchman spoke to us in French. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frenchman/#x2)
- Napoleon was a famous Frenchman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frenchman/#x3)
- The Frenchman's café sold croissants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frenchman/#x4)
- Our new neighbour is a Frenchman from Lyon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frenchman/#x5)
- They were first brought to light, after a patient search and diligent perusal of ancient authors, by a Frenchman, M. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frenchman/#x6)

### note

Always a capital F. Plural «Frenchmen» (like «man/men»). For women use «Frenchwoman», and for a mixed group «French people».

### In the corpora

- [Napoleon was about 1.69 metres tall, an ordinary or even slightly tall height for a Frenchman of his time.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/19-kings-queens-and-emperors/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «frenchman» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frenchman/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.