English
/ˈɪŋ.(ɡ)lɪʃ/ adjective A1- Of or pertaining to England.
- 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).
- Of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system of measure. · an English ton
- Non-Amish, so named for speaking English rather than a variety of German.
- Denoting a vertical orientation of the barn doors on a camera.
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There had been much doubt whether one would be allotted to Queen’s, but the matter was settled at last, and at the end of the year the graduate who made the highest mark in English and English Literature would win the scholarship--two hundred and fifty dollars a year for four years at Redmond College.
“I’ve heard of you,” said he in a voice which was not quite English and not quite American, but was altogether mellow and pleasing.
Where in the tropics could an English army doctor have seen much hardship and got his arm wounded?
Having an English job to do, they took into partnership, as any foreign criminal could do, this great consultant in crime.
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