Dutchman
['dʌtʃmən]
Definition
(n.) A native, or one of the people, of Holland.
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Examples
- Presently the Dutchman, Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) brought the first crude microscope to bear upon the hidden minuti? of life. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Turn on the light, sir, t' th' north, an' if you don't see them lubbers comin' back, I'm a Dutchman! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I am not a Dutchman. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- What do We Mean by the Flying Dutchman? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I observed among them a Dutchman, who seemed to be of some authority, though he was not commander of either ship. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- I got down into the canoe, while the Dutchman, standing upon the deck, loaded me with all the curses and injurious terms his language could afford. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- The Flying Dutchman is a phantom ship said to be seen in stormy weather off the Cape of Good Hope, and thought to forbode ill luck. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I made the captain a very low bow, and then, turning to the Dutchman, said, I was sorry to find more mercy in a heathen, than in a brother christian. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
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