British - Englishman

Japanese: イギリス人 - いぎりすじん
British - Englishman

…used as a nickname for a British national or a typical English person. Originally, he appeared in John Arbuthnot's satirical novel The Narrative of John Bull (1712) as a representative English cloth merchant. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "British" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…イギリス国民,あるいは典型的なイギリス人のあだ名として用いられる。本来はジョン・アーバスノットの風刺小説《ジョン・ブル物語》(1712)に,イギリス人を代表する衣料商人として登場する。…

※「イギリス人」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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