Dutchman

Definition

A Dutch man; a man from the Netherlands.

Etymology

From Middle English Ducheman; equivalent to Dutch + -man.

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; […]"
• "[…]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."