rosbif

/ (ˌrəʊsˈbiːf, French rɔsbif) /

a term used in France for an English person

Word Origin for rosbif

from French, from English roast beef, considered as being typically English

English tobacco, English rosbif—they advertised these in quaintly worded signs.

The U-boat hunters |James B. Connolly
Both Mrs. Burton and I want a medicine of rest and roast beef as opposed to rosbif.

The Life of Sir Richard Burton |Thomas Wright
Hardly had they taken their places when Napoleon began to quiz Betsy on the fondness of the English for "rosbif and plum pudding."

Napoleon's Young Neighbor |Helen Leah Reed
Potato salad was next in demand and cooked tongue and rosbif disappeared rapidly.

Molly Brown of Kentucky |Nell Speed

The vulgar French think that the English term for all sorts of roasted meat is rosbif—thus rosbif de mouton—rosbif de porc.

Pencil Sketches |Eliza Leslie