单词 | low dutchman |
释义 | Low Dutchmann. A native or inhabitant of the Netherlands; a Dutchman (now historical). In later use: (U.S.) a person descended from Dutch settlers. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of the Low Countries > [noun] > the Dutch Low Dutchman1576 the Dutch1577 Low Dutch1592 Flounderkina1668 Batavian1876 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of the Low Countries > [noun] > the Dutch > native or inhabitant of Holland Hollandera1549 Netherlander1555 Hans1569 Low Dutchman1576 butterbox1595 Dutchman1596 Statesman1603 hogan1649 frog1652 hogen mogen1652 Froglander1673 sooterkin1680 mynheer1701 Dutcher1818 1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions i. vii. f. 40 Ye Netherlanders & low Duchmen bordering vpon ye Sea [L. Belgas maritimos]. 1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) ii. vii. 242 The Germans call it, Pfefferkraut: the lowe Dutch men, Pepper cruyt: the English men, Dittander, Dittany, and Pepperwort. 1776 Pennsylvania Evening Post 30 May 272/2 The other a Low Dutchman, named Peter Denney. 1782 J. H. St. J. de Crèvecoeur Lett. from Amer. Farmer iii. 61 Next again lives a Low Dutchman, who implicitly believes the rules laid down by the synod of Dort. 1855 tr. P. Schaff America ii. 151 We sincerely hope it may not sleep as long as the famous Low-Dutchman, Rip Van Winkle. 1879 All Year Round 8 Mar. 278/1 This man could talk Low Dutch... I am afraid he had some connection with the two Low Dutchmen. 1921 R. W. Chambers Little Red Foot xxx. 338 The next night I was at Poughkeepsie, where the landlord was a low-Dutchman and a skinflint too. 2003 Dayton (Ohio) Daily News (Nexis) 14 Dec. c1 Heckman was a stubborn Low Dutchman and he would not be denied. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1576 |
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