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Englishman 
1 n. Fur Trade, Hist. a person working for the Hudson's Bay Company, as opposed to one working for any non-English company.
- 1772 (1964) I find they consider an Englishman's going with them as a person sent to collect Furs; and not as an encouragement to them to trap furs, and come down to the Settlements. . . .
- 1821 (1938) A valuable Officer must necessarily be esteemed and it is quite immaterial whether he is an Englishman or a Canadian.
- 1952 (1954) "Hallo, Messieurs! Hallo, Charles!" he cried. "Belly, ye've the manners of an Englishman," and it was only much later that I learned that when a Northwester spoke of an "Englishman" he meant an employee of the Bay Company.
2 n. an English-speaking Canadian, as distinct from one whose language is French.
- 1899 He was fond of music for an Englishman, and with a ravishing charm she sang for him a bergerette of the eighteenth century. . . .
- 1954 ". . . I'd like to see him, the Englishman who's the equal of a metis. I've got boys of my own, sapristi!. . . ."
- 1772 (1964) I find they consider an Englishman's going with them as a person sent to collect Furs; and not as an encouragement to them to trap furs, and come down to the Settlements. . . .