French residents
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
The insurrection forms the basis of the anonymous Elizabethan play, Sir Thomas More.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “French residents” mean?
The insurrection forms the basis of the anonymous Elizabethan play, Sir Thomas More.
Is “French residents” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.