Old English Engliscman, from English, n.1 + man, n.. Related: Englishmen. Englishwoman is from c.1400. Englander "native of England" is from 1820; in some cases from German Engländer. Englisher is from 1680s. Englishry is from late 13c. in Anglo-French as "state of being English;" from mid-15c. as "the English people or faction."