Rosbif

Origin

French

Full definition of rosbif

Noun

1. (humorous) An English person (as viewed by the French).
• 1938, Neil Harmon Swanson, The forbidden ground (page 85)Polidor Graindart, sometime sergeant of the intendant's guard in the days when three golden lilies bloomed on the flagstaff above the De Troit blockhouse, never had forgiven the rosbifs for the conquest of New France.
• 2009, Andy Roberts, Flying the Flag (page 233)France demonstrate the entente cordiale towards the rosbifs.----