Dutchman
noun/ˈdʌt͡ʃmən/
Etymology From Middle English Ducheman; equivalent to Dutch + -man.
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A Dutch man; a man from the Netherlands.
- 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:
- 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:
2
US A male Pennsylvania 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:
- Derived terms
- Dutchman's breeches, Dutchman's laudanum, Dutchman's pipe, Flying Dutchman, I'm a Dutchman
- Related terms
- Dutchwoman