New English

== English == === Proper noun === New English The form of the English language spoken since the Great Vowel Shift in England, completed in roughly 1550. ==== Synonyms ==== Modern English ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === New English (plural New Englishes or New English) A variety of English that has come into being in a region where English was a former colonial language or is a foreign language. (historical, uncommon, in the plural) New Englanders. (historical, in the plural) English settlers who arrived in Ireland in the 16th and 17th centuries, as distinguished from previous Anglo-Norman invaders (the Old English). ==== Synonyms ==== (variety of English): World English === Adjective === New English (comparative more New English, superlative most New English) (uncommon, historical) Of or pertaining to New England. (historical) Of or pertaining to English settlers who arrived in Ireland in the 16th and 17th centuries. === See also === New Englishman New Englishwoman