dutchman
/ˈdʌt͡ʃmən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.06 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A Dutch man; a man from the Netherlands.
noun
Ellipsis of Flying Dutchman, a ghost ship.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "[…]There have been at least four legendary Lost Dutchman's gold mines in the American West, including the famed Superstition mine of Jacob Waltz."
- "[…]the tyranny of the rockspiders, crunchies, hairybacks, ropes, and bloody Dutchmen. Those were the names by which we referred to Afrikaners."
- "President Roosevelt called a press conference in the Oval Office. [...] when asked where the Billys had originated, the Dutchman smiled broadly [...]."
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Usage
- American usage
- Archaic
- Dated
- Derogatory
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in People.
Inflected Forms
Dutchmen (plural)
the Dutchman (canonical)