Word: englishman
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...think it true that the American man, not only the polished gentleman but the common American, is far more polite and considerate of the wants of the ladies than the Frenchman with his veneered polish of scrapes and bows, or the Englishman with his gruff indifference...
...much this loss of the temporary endowment is, can be realized when it is stated that as a result five of the assistant now employed will have to be dismissed. Among the recent gifts were $5000 from the late Thomas G. Appleton of Boston, and L25 from a learned Englishman of Sunderland, Eng, and many valuable astronomical photograph from astronomers...
...which there appears no authority in either etymology or syntax. They persist in the use of "whilst" as firmly as they do in their spelling of "favour," labour," "honour" and "cheque." Whatever modifications in English orthography have been the result of a desire to expunge useless letters. The Englishman replies that in these cases we destroy all trace of the origin of the word. But "favor," "labor" and "honor" are pure Latin, and the insertion of the letter "u" is a bit of spurious orthography, while "check" certainly comes near the French source (echec) than when spelt "cheque...
...uses finer Saxon than the dwellers on the Thames who write on his "honour" that the "labouring" classes are highly "favoured" in these days. And we Americans who call the monthly periodicals "magazines," or who sell them in "stores" have quite as good warrant for our terms as the Englishman who keeps a "shop" where "serials" may be bought...
Robert College, Constantinople, has 211 students this year, of whom 49 are in the preparatory department. Of the 162 in the classes, 85 are Bulgarians, 63 are Armenians, 10 are Greeks, one is a Tunisian, one a Slavonian, one a Hebrew, and one an Englishman...