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Dutchland|ˈdʌtʃlænd|
†1. [= Ger. Deutschland.] Germany. Obs.
Divided into High Dutchland and Low Dutchland, the latter including, and sometimes definitely meaning, the Netherlands.
1547Bale Sel. Wks. (1849) 243 Both in England and Dutchland also. 1561J. Wythers tr. Calvin's Prof. Treat. Title-p., In France, Dutchland, Spaine. 1563Shute Archit. B j a, Trier in lowe Doutcheland. 1599Minsheu Sp. Dict., Alemaña, Germanie, high Dutchland. a1634Chapman Alphonsus Plays 1873 III. 206 Brave Duke of Saxon, Dutchland's greatest hope.
2. Holland, the Netherlands. rare.
1617Minsheu Ductor, Duchland or Low Countries. 1865Mrs. Hawthorne in Bridge Pers. Recoll. N. Hawthorne (1893) 194 Do we not like to see even a common object of still life truthfully represented by the great masters of Dutchland? |