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Teutonic definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TEUTON'IC, a. Pertaining to the Teutons, a people of Germany, or to their language; as a noun, the language of the Teutons, the parent of the German Dutch, and Anglo Saxon or native English.
Teutonic order, a military religious order of knights, established toward the close of the twelfth century, in imitation of the Templars and Hospitallers. It was composed chiefly of Teutons or Germans, who marched to the Holy Land in the crusades, and was established in that country for charitable purposes. It increased in numbers and strength till it became master of all Prussia, Livonia and Pomerania.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages; "Teutonic peoples such as Germans and Scandinavians and British"; "Germanic mythology" [syn: Teutonic, Germanic]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Date: 1612 Germanic II. adjective Date: 1618 of, relating to, or characteristic of the Teutons • Teutonically adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. 1 relating to or characteristic of the Germanic peoples or their languages. 2 German. --n. the early language usu. called Germanic. Derivatives: Teutonicism n. Etymology: F teutonique f. L Teutonicus (as TEUTON)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Teutonic Teu*ton"ic, a. [L. Teutonicus, from Teutoni, or Teutones. See Teuton.] 1. Of or pertaining to the Teutons, esp. the ancient Teutons; Germanic. 2. Of or pertaining to any of the Teutonic languages, or the peoples who speak these languages. Teutonic languages, a group of languages forming a division of the Indo-European, or Aryan, family, and embracing the High German, Low German, Gothic, and Scandinavian dialects and languages. Teutonic order, a military religious order of knights, established toward the close of the twelfth century, in imitation of the Templars and Hospitalers, and composed chiefly of Teutons, or Germans. The order rapidly increased in numbers and strength till it became master of all Prussia, Livonia, and Pomerania. In its decay it was abolished by Napoleon; but it has been revived as an honorary order.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Teutonic Teu*ton"ic, n. The language of the ancient Germans; the Teutonic languages, collectively.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Teutonic means typical of or relating to German people. (FORMAL) The coach was a masterpiece of Teutonic engineering. ADJ: usu ADJ n