Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʌt͡ʃmən/
- Rhymes: -ʌtʃmən
Noun
Dutchman (plural Dutchmen)
- A Dutch man; a man from the Netherlands.
1880 [1610 March 13], Galileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler, “The Astronomical Messenger”, in Edward Stafford Carlos, transl., The Sidereal Messenger of Galileo Galilei and a Part of the Preface to Kepler's Dioptrics Containing the Original Account of Galileo's Astronomical Discoveries: A Translation with Introduction and Notes, London: Rivingtons, translation of Sidereus Nuncius: […] , →OCLC, page 10: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; […]
- A man of Dutch descent.
- (US) A male Pennsylvania German.
- (archaic or dated) A male German.
1974, Robert Blair, Tales of the Superstitions: The Origins of the Lost Dutchman's Legend:[…] There have been at least four legendary Lost Dutchman's gold mines in the American West, including the famed Superstition mine of Jacob Waltz.
- (South Africa, derogatory) A male white Afrikaner.
1990, Rian Malan, My Traitor's Heart: Blood and Bad Dreams, page 54:[…] the tyranny of the rockspiders, crunchies, hairybacks, ropes, and bloody Dutchmen. Those were the names by which we referred to Afrikaners.
- (nautical) Ellipsis of Flying Dutchman.: a ghost ship
Translations
a Dutch man
- Afrikaans: Nederlander (af)
- Arabic: هُولَنْدِيّ m (hūlandiyy)
- Belarusian: нідэрла́ндзец m (niderlándzjec), нідэрля́ндзец m (niderljándzjec) (Taraškievica), гала́ндзец m (halándzjec), галя́ндзец m (haljándzjec) (Taraškievica)
- Bulgarian: хола́ндец m (holándec)
- Catalan: neerlandès (ca) m; (dated) holandès (ca) m
- Valencian: neerlandés (ca) m; (dated) holandés (ca) m
- Cherokee: ᎠᏛᏥ (chr) (advtsi)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 荷蘭人/荷兰人 (Hélánrén)
- Czech: Nizozemec (cs) m, Holanďan (cs) m
- Dutch: Nederlander (nl) m
- Esperanto: nederlandano
- Finnish: hollantilaismies
- French: Néerlandais (fr) m, Hollandais (fr) m
- German: Niederländer (de) m, Holländer (de) m
- Greek: Ολλανδός (el) m (Ollandós)
- Gujarati: વલંદો m (valando)
- Hindi: ओलंदेज़ m (olandez) (dated), ओलन्देज़ m (olandez), ओलंदेज (hi) m (olandej), ओलन्देज (hi) m (olandej), डच (hi) m (ḍac)
- Hungarian: holland (férfi)
- Icelandic: Hollendingur m, Niðurlendingur m
- Italian: olandese (it) m or f
- Japanese: オランダ人 (ja) (orandajin)
- Kazakh: голландтық (gollandtyq), голландиялық (gollandiälyq)
- Latvian: holandietis m, nīderlandietis m
- Lithuanian: olandas (lt) m
- Macedonian: Холанѓанец m (Holanǵanec)
- Marathi: वलंदेज m (valandej) (historical)
- Plautdietsch: Hollenda m
- Polish: Niderlandczyk (pl) m, Holender (pl) m
- Portuguese: holandês (pt) m
- Romanian: olandez (ro) m, neerlandez (ro) m
- Russian: нидерла́ндец (ru) m (niderlándec), голла́ндец (ru) m (gollándec)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Хола́нђанин m, Низозе́мац m
- Roman: Holánđanin m, Nizozémac (sh) m
- Slovak: Holanďan m
- Slovene: Nizozémec (sl) m
- Spanish: holandés (es) m, neerlandés (es) m
- Sranan Tongo: bakra
- Swahili: Mholanzi (sw)
- Swedish: nederländare (sv), holländare (sv)
- Turkish: Hollandalı (tr)
- Ukrainian: нідерла́ндець m (niderlándecʹ), голла́ндець m (hollándecʹ)
- Urdu: وَلَندیز m (valandez) (dated), ڈَچ f (ḍac)
- Venetian: nederlandexe (vec) m or f
- Wayana: holante
- Welsh: Iseldirwr (cy) m
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Proper noun
the Dutchman
- (US) A nickname for President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
2003, James Bradley, chapter 8, in Flyboys, New York: Little, Brown and Company:President Roosevelt called a press conference in the Oval Office. [...] when asked where the Billys had originated, the Dutchman smiled broadly [...].