Dutchman en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈdʌt͡ʃmən/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Middle Dutch duutschbor. Old Saxon thiudisk Middle Low German dütschbor. Middle English Duch Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English Ducheman English Dutchman From Middle English Ducheman; equivalent to Dutch + -man.
Meanings
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A Dutch man; a man from the Netherlands.
The Dutchman hit his 33rd league goal of the calendar year to move him three behind Alan Shearer's record of 36.
2011 December 10, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 1 - 0 Everton”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2023: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; […]
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:
- (US) A male Pennsylvania German.
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(archaic, dated) A male German.
[…]There have been at least four legendary Lost Dutchman's gold mines in the American West, including the famed Superstition mine of Jacob Waltz.
1974, Robert Blair, Tales of the Superstitions: The Origins of the Lost Dutchman's Legend:
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(South-Africa, derogatory) A male white Afrikaner.
[…]the tyranny of the rockspiders, crunchies, hairybacks, ropes, and bloody Dutchmen. Those were the names by which we referred to Afrikaners.
1990, Rian Malan, My Traitor's Heart: Blood and Bad Dreams, page 54:
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(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Flying Dutchman, a ghost ship.
alt of Flying Dutchman
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dutchmen | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Dutchman's breeches · Flying Dutchman · Dutchman's pipe · I'm a Dutchman · Dutchman's laudanum
Descendants
Relateds
Translations (84)
it olandese (a Dutch man) · gu વલંદો (a Dutch man) · nn nederlendar (a Dutch man) · ro olandez (a Dutch man) · chr ᎠᏛᏥ (a Dutch man) · cs Holanďan (a Dutch man) · sl Nizozémec (a Dutch man) · ar هُولَنْدِيّ (a Dutch man) · be гала́ндзец (a Dutch man) · kk голландтық (a Dutch man) · ko 네덜란드 사람 (a Dutch man) · pdt Hollenda (a Dutch man) · ko 네덜란드인 (a Dutch man) · lv holandietis (a Dutch man) · ur ڈَچ (a Dutch man) · sh Holánđanin (a Dutch man) · sh Nizozémac (a Dutch man) · ga Ísiltíreach (a Dutch man) · es holandés (a Dutch man) · fi alankomaalainen (a Dutch man) · hi ओलन्देज (a Dutch man) · kk голландиялық (a Dutch man) · sk Holanďan (a Dutch man) · ast neerlandés (a Dutch man) · ru нидерла́ндец (a Dutch man) · ur وَلَندیز (a Dutch man) · fr Hollandais (a Dutch man) · hi ओलन्देज़ (a Dutch man) · srn bakra (a Dutch man) · ko 네덜란드 남자 (a Dutch man) · ca neerlandès (a Dutch man) · ca holandès (a Dutch man) · uk нідерла́ндець (a Dutch man) · hi ओलंदेज (a Dutch man) · sw Mholanzi (a Dutch man) · nn nederlending (a Dutch man) · mk Холанѓанец (a Dutch man) · pl Holender (a Dutch man) · way holante (a Dutch man) · cmn 荷蘭人 /荷兰人 (a Dutch man) · ru голла́ндец (a Dutch man) · bg хола́ндец (a Dutch man) · hi ओलंदेज़ (a Dutch man) · eo nederlandano (a Dutch man) · sh Низозе́мац (a Dutch man) · pt holandês (a Dutch man) · pt neerlandês (a Dutch man) · sv nederländare (a Dutch man) · ka ნიდერლანდელი (a Dutch man) · de Niederländer (a Dutch man) · vec nederlandexe (a Dutch man) · pl Niderlandczyk (a Dutch man) · nb nederlending (a Dutch man) · cs Nizozemec (a Dutch man) · sh Хола́нђанин (a Dutch man) · be галя́ндзец (a Dutch man) · hi डच (a Dutch man) · fi hollantilainen (a Dutch man) · ca neerlandés (a Dutch man) · gur tɩntɩŋa (a Dutch man) · cy Iseldirwr (a Dutch man) · tr Hollandalı (a Dutch man) · mr वलंदेज (a Dutch man) · es neerlandés (a Dutch man) · lv nīderlandietis (a Dutch man) · be нідэрля́ндзец (a Dutch man) · af Nederlander (a Dutch man) · be нідэрла́ндзец (a Dutch man) · uk голла́ндець (a Dutch man) · is Niðurlendingur (a Dutch man) · nl Nederlander (a Dutch man) · ro neerlandez (a Dutch man) · hu holland (férfi) (a Dutch man) · ja オランダ人 (a Dutch man) · sv holländare (a Dutch man) · gl holandés (a Dutch man) · ka ჰოლანდიელი (a Dutch man) · ca holandés (a Dutch man) · lt olandas (a Dutch man) · de Holländer (a Dutch man) · fr Néerlandais (a Dutch man) · nb nederlender (a Dutch man) · is Hollendingur (a Dutch man) · el Ολλανδός (a Dutch man)