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# irishman

«irishman» in Mova's school dictionary: **A man who was born in Ireland or whose family and home…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an Irishman, Irishmen)

### meaning for a pupil

A man who was born in Ireland or whose family and home are Irish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irishman/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in history, geography and stories to say where a man comes from; in old jokes «an Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman» is a common start, though jokes that mock a nation can be unkind. Today people often say «an Irish man» or «a man from Ireland»; for a woman «Irishwoman», for everyone «the Irish» or «Irish people».

### examples

- The famous writer Oscar Wilde was an Irishman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irishman/#x1)
- An Irishman ran the little shop on the corner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irishman/#x2)
- My grandad is an Irishman from County Cork. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irishman/#x3)
- The Irishmen sang loudly after the rugby match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irishman/#x4)
- Saint Patrick was not born an Irishman but became the saint of Ireland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irishman/#x5)
- The story begins with an Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman on a train. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irishman/#x6)
- ‘Where did you come from, my lad?’ said the Irishman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irishman/#x7)

### note

Always written with a capital I. Plural: Irishmen (not Irishmans). Usually no capital M in the middle. Jokes about «the stupid Irishman» are old prejudice, not truth.

### Trees and pragmatics

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