Dutchman
See also: dutchman
English
Etymology
From Middle English Ducheman; equivalent to Dutch + -man.
Pronunciation
Noun
Dutchman (plural Dutchmen)
- A Dutch man; a man from the Netherlands.
- A man of Dutch descent.
- (US) A male Pennsylvania German.
- (archaic or dated) A male German.
- 1974, Robert Blair, Tales of the Superstitions: The Origins of the Lost Dutchman's Legend:
- […] There have been at least four legendary Lost Dutchman's gold mines in the American West, including the famed Superstition mine of Jacob Waltz.
- (South Africa, derogatory, ethnic slur) A male white Afrikaner.
- 1990, Rian Malan, My Traitor's Heart: Blood and Bad Dreams, page 54:
- […] the tyranny of the rockspiders, crunchies, hairybacks, ropes, and bloody Dutchmen. Those were the names by which we referred to Afrikaners.
- (nautical) Ellipsis of Flying Dutchman.: a ghost ship
Derived terms
Derived terms
Translations
a Dutch man
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See also
Proper noun
Dutchman
- (US) A nickname for President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- 2003 Bradley, James Flyboys. New York: Little, Brown and Company. Ch 8:
- President Roosevelt called a press conference in the Oval Office. [...] when asked where the Billys had originated, the Dutchman smiled broadly [...].
- 2003 Bradley, James Flyboys. New York: Little, Brown and Company. Ch 8:
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