black Dutch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Black Dutch.
noun
  1. A European with dark hair, eyes, and skin, especially one from or claiming to be from Germany or the Netherlands, sometimes (derogatory, ethnic slur) with disparaging racial overtones.
  2. A person passing for such a European, especially Native Americans or people from multiracial families.
  3. A Dutch citizen with sub-Saharan African ancestry.
  4. A member of the Sinti ethnic group in North America, especially those of German-Sinti ancestry; an American-Sinti person.

Word forms

black Dutch

Etymology

In reference to Germans, a mangled calque of German schwarze Deutsche (“black Germans”) under influence from Dutch.

Synonyms

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