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 →

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 →
• An Irishman ran the little shop on the corner. tree →
• My grandad is an Irishman from County Cork. tree →
• The Irishmen sang loudly after the rugby match. tree →
• Saint Patrick was not born an Irishman but became the saint of Ireland. tree →
• The story begins with an Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman on a train. tree →
• ‘Where did you come from, my lad?’ said the Irishman. tree →

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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.