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(plural) The people of England; Englishmen and Englishwomen.

Example: The Scottish and the English have a history of conflict.

(Amish, plural) The non-Amish; non-Amish people.

Ability to employ the English language correctly or idiomatically.

Example: My coworkers have pretty good English for non-native speakers.

The English-language term or expression for something.

Example: What's the English for ‘à peu près’?

The name of the Latin-script letter N.

Example: The ems and ens at the beginnings and ends.

A unit of measurement equal to half an em (half the height of the type in use).

Used in various phrases borrowed from French or formed as if borrowed from French (see "Derived terms" below).