Dutchman

See also: dutchman

English

Etymology

From Middle English Ducheman; equivalent to Dutch +‎ -man.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʌt͡ʃmən/

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• Rhymes: -ʌtʃmən

Noun

Dutchman (plural Dutchmen)

1. A Dutch man; a man from the Netherlands.
   • 1880 [1610 March 13], Galileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler, “The Astronomical Messenger”, in Edward Stafford Carlos, transl., The Sidereal Messenger of Galileo Galilei and a Part of the Preface to Kepler's Dioptrics Containing the Original Account of Galileo's Astronomical Discoveries: A Translation with Introduction and Notes, London: Rivingtons, translation of Sidereus Nuncius: […] , →OCLC, page 10:

     About ten months ago a report reached my ears that a Dutchman had constructed a telescope, by the aid of which visible objects, although at a great distance from the eye of the observer, were seen distinctly as if near; […]

2. A man of Dutch descent.
3. (US) A male Pennsylvania German.
4. (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.

5. (South Africa, derogatory) 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.

6. (nautical) Ellipsis of Flying Dutchman.: a ghost ship

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Dutchman's breeches
• Dutchman's laudanum
• Dutchman's pipe
• Flying Dutchman
• I'm a Dutchman

Translations

a Dutch man

• Afrikaans: Nederlander (af)
• Arabic: هُولَنْدِيّ m (hūlandiyy)
• Belarusian: нідэрла́ндзец m (niderlándzjec), нідэрля́ндзец m (niderljándzjec) (Taraškievica), гала́ндзец m (halándzjec), галя́ндзец m (haljándzjec) (Taraškievica)
• Bulgarian: хола́ндец m (holándec)
• Catalan: neerlandès (ca) m; (dated) holandès (ca) m

  Valencian: neerlandés (ca) m; (dated) holandés (ca) m

• Cherokee: ᎠᏛᏥ (chr) (advtsi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 荷蘭人／荷兰人 (Hélánrén)

• Czech: Nizozemec (cs) m, Holanďan (cs) m
• Dutch: Nederlander (nl) m
• Esperanto: nederlandano
• Finnish: hollantilaismies
• French: Néerlandais (fr) m, Hollandais (fr) m
• German: Niederländer (de) m, Holländer (de) m
• Greek: Ολλανδός (el) m (Ollandós)
• Gujarati: વલંદો m (valando)
• Hindi: ओलंदेज़ m (olandez) (dated), ओलन्देज़ m (olandez), ओलंदेज (hi) m (olandej), ओलन्देज (hi) m (olandej), डच (hi) m (ḍac)
• Hungarian: holland (férfi)
• Icelandic: Hollendingur m, Niðurlendingur m
• Italian: olandese (it) m or f
• Japanese: オランダ人 (ja) (orandajin)
• Kazakh: голландтық (gollandtyq), голландиялық (gollandiälyq)
• Latvian: holandietis m, nīderlandietis m
• Lithuanian: olandas (lt) m
• Macedonian: Холанѓанец m (Holanǵanec)
• Marathi: वलंदेज m (valandej) (historical)
• Plautdietsch: Hollenda m
• Polish: Niderlandczyk (pl) m, Holender (pl) m
• Portuguese: holandês (pt) m
• Romanian: olandez (ro) m, olandezi (ro) m pl
• Russian: нидерла́ндец (ru) m (niderlándec), голла́ндец (ru) m (gollándec)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Хола́нђанин m, Низозе́мац m

  Roman: Holánđanin m, Nizozémac (sh) m

• Slovak: Holanďan m
• Slovene: Nizozémec (sl) m
• Spanish: holandés (es) m, neerlandés (es) m
• Sranan Tongo: bakra
• Swahili: Mholanzi (sw)
• Swedish: nederländare (sv), holländare (sv)
• Turkish: Hollandalı (tr)
• Ukrainian: нідерла́ндець m (niderlándecʹ), голла́ндець m (hollándecʹ)
• Urdu: وَلَندیز m (valandez) (dated), ڈَچ f (ḍac)
• Venetian: nederlandexe (vec) m or f
• Wayana: holante
• Welsh: Iseldirwr (cy) m

See also

• Dutchwoman

Proper noun

the Dutchman

1. (US) A nickname for President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
   • 2003, James Bradley, chapter 8, in Flyboys, New York: Little, Brown and Company:

     President Roosevelt called a press conference in the Oval Office. [...] when asked where the Billys had originated, the Dutchman smiled broadly [...].