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Definition of Dutchman

1. Noun. A native or inhabitant of Holland.

Definition of Dutchman

1. n. A native, or one of the people, of Holland.

Definition of Dutchman

1. Proper noun. A Dutch man; a man from the Netherlands. ¹

2. Proper noun. (American English) A nickname for President Franklin D. Roosevelt. ¹

3. Noun. (context: 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. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dutchman

1. something used to hide structural defects [n DUTCHMEN]

Medical Definition of Dutchman

1. A native, or one of the people, of Holland. Dutchman's breeches, an American twining shrub (Aristolochia Sipho). Its flowers have their calyx tubes curved like a tobacco pipe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dutchman

Literary usage of Dutchman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Ballads and Songs by Louise Pound (1922)
""dutchman, dutchman, won't you marry me?" "No, no, no, not I. How can I marry such a pretty little girl When I have no shoes to put on? ..."

2. The Story of a Hundred Operas by Felix Mendelsohn (1915)
"She is again musing on the familiar legend of the Flying dutchman. ... She longs to meet the dutchman and by her fidelity raise the curse. ..."

3. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1898)
"THE PENNSYLVANIA dutchman, AND WHEREIN HE HAS EXCELLED. BY HON. ... In 1615 Hendrickson, a dutchman, first sailed up the ..."

4. The Ballads and Songs of Yorkshire: Transcribed from Private Manuscripts by Christopher James Davison Ingledew (1860)
"Y OU sportsmen all both great and small, one moment now attend, And listen with attention to these verses I have penn'd, ‘Tis of the Flying dutchman I mean ..."

5. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1847)
"My Friend the dutchman. MY FRIEND THE dutchman. " AND you will positively marry her if she will have you ?" " Not a doubt of either. ..."

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