New English


noun

Origin of New English

An Americanism dating back to 1625–35

Example sentences from the Web for new english

  • First, such as have given or taken any unfriendly reports of us New-English, should do well to recollect themselves.

  • Though, however, Chaucer's own new-English work is part of the result, the intellectual gain stops there for the time being.

    The Evolution of States |J. M. Robertson
  • He was a shining example of the “New-English men,” whose fast-thinning ranks he so sadly deplored, and whose virtues he extolled.

    Stage-coach and Tavern Days |Alice Morse Earle