black Dutch
Meanings
noun
- Alternative letter-case form of Black Dutch.
noun
- 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.
- A person passing for such a European, especially Native Americans or people from multiracial families.
- A Dutch citizen with sub-Saharan African ancestry.
- A member of the Sinti ethnic group in North America, especially those of German-Sinti ancestry; an American-Sinti person.
Word forms
Etymology
In reference to Germans, a mangled calque of German schwarze Deutsche (“black Germans”) under influence from Dutch.
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