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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a native or inhabitant of Holland [syn: Netherlander, Dutchman, Hollander]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 14th century 1. capitalized a. archaic a member of any of the Germanic peoples of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the Low Countries b. a native or inhabitant of the Netherlands c. a person of Dutch descent d. german 2a, b 2. a device for hiding or counteracting structural defects

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -men; fem. Dutchwoman, pl. -women) 1 a a native or national of the Netherlands. b a person of Dutch descent. 2 a Dutch ship. 3 US sl. a German. Phrases and idioms: Dutchman's breeches US a plant, Dicentra cucullaria, with white flowers and finely divided leaves. Flying Dutchman 1 a ghostly ship. 2 its captain. I'm a Dutchman expression of disbelief or refusal.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Dutchman Dutch"man, n.; pl. Dutchmen. A native, or one of the people, of Holland. Dutchman's breeches (Bot.), a perennial American herb (Dicentra cucullaria), with peculiar double-spurred flowers. See Illust. of Dicentra. Dutchman's laudanum (Bot.), a West Indian passion flower (Passiflora Murucuja); also, its fruit. Dutchman's pipe (Bot.), an American twining shrub (Aristolochia Sipho). Its flowers have their calyx tubes curved like a tobacco pipe.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(Dutchmen) A Dutchman is a man who is a native of the Netherlands. N-COUNT