DUTCHMAN

Netherlander, Dutchman, Hollander

(noun) a native or inhabitant of Holland

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

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.

Etymology

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.

(South Africa, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A male white Afrikaner.

Proper noun

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



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