Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈdʌt͡ʃmən/
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ˈdʌtʃmən
Noun
A Dutch man; a man from the Netherlands.
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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; […]
The Dutchman hit his 33rd league goal of the calendar year to move him three behind Alan Shearer's record of 36.
A male Pennsylvania German.
Usage- US usage
A male German.
Usage- Archaic
- Dated
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[…]There have been at least four legendary Lost Dutchman's gold mines in the American West, including the famed Superstition mine of Jacob Waltz.
A male white Afrikaner.
Usage- South-Africa
- Derogatory
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[…]the tyranny of the rockspiders, crunchies, hairybacks, ropes, and bloody Dutchmen. Those were the names by which we referred to Afrikaners.
Proper noun
A nickname for President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Usage- US usage
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President Roosevelt called a press conference in the Oval Office. [...] when asked where the Billys had originated, the Dutchman smiled broadly [...].
Noun
a male native or inhabitant of Holland
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