单词 | high dutchman |
释义 | High Dutchmann. Now historical. A native or inhabitant of Germany; a German.In early use perhaps spec.: a person from southern Germany. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of Germany > [noun] Almainc1330 Dutchmana1387 Germana1387 High Dutchmana1450 Hans1569 Muff1585 Teutonic1638 Herr1653 Dutcher1671 mein Herr1796 Teuton1833 Dutchy1834 sour-crout1841 Fritz1887 sausage1890 Heinie1904 Boche1914 Fritzie1915 Hun1915 Jerry1916 sauerkraut-eater1918 sausage-eater1918 sale Boche1919 Volksdeutsche1937 a1450–1500 ( Libel Eng. Policy (1926) l. 279 (MED) Too manere peple have suche use, This is to sayen, Highe Duchmene of Pruse And Esterlynges. a1582 W. Bourne Inuentions or Deuises (?1590) 38 There is deuised by a high Dutchman, how to make the carriage for any small peece of Ordinance, as a Falcon, or Falconet, or a Rabnet, to lade her backwards. 1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 157 Sinclair was so confident of his own sufficiency against that High-Dutchman. 1705 G. Smyth Vanity of Conquests & Universal Monarchy 285 The Teutonicks consisted of High and Low Dutch Men only of good Birth. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor viii. in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 155 Only I will be d—d if ever I saw French, Italian, or High-Dutchman ever make foot, hand, and eye, keep time so well as you, Bucklaw. 1870 Anthropol. Rev. 8 8 If he is writing on English history or the English language, his best authority will be a German—a High-Dutchman, as Mr. Freeman would say. 1995 D. Statt Foreigners & Englishmen vii. 188 ‘High-Dutchmen’, (that is, Germans) suffered little abuse in the prints and pamphlets. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1450 |
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