Netherlander, Dutchman, Hollander
(noun) a native or inhabitant of Holland
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dutchman (plural dutchmen)
(carpentry, masonry) A piece of wood or stone used to repair a larger piece, shaped such that it fills as exactly as possible a void or cavity that is to be repaired.
A flaw or void repaired with such a piece.
(theater) A cloth strip attached to a flat to conceal a joint.
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.
(South Africa, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A male white Afrikaner.
Dutchman
(US) A nickname for President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Source: Wiktionary
Dutch"man, n.; pl. Dutchmen (.
Definition: A native, or one of the people, of Holland. Dutchman's breeches (Bot.), a perennial American herb (Dicentra cucullaria), with peculiar double-spurred flowers. See Illust. of Dicentra.
– Dutchman's laudanum (Bot.), a West Indian passion flower (Passiflora Murucuja); also, its fruit.
– Dutchman's pipe (Bot.), an American twining shrub (Aristolochia Sipho). Its flowers have their calyx tubes curved like a tobacco pipe.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 April 2025
(adjective) capable of being extinguished or killed; “an extinguishable fire”; “hope too is extinguishable”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
