Dutchman

Meanings

1. A Dutch man; a man from the Netherlands.
2. A man of Dutch descent.
3. A male Pennsylvania German.
4. A male German.
5. A male white Afrikaner.
6. Ellipsis of Flying Dutchman, a ghost ship.

1. A nickname for President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

1. A piece of wood or stone used to repair a larger piece, shaped such that it fills as exactly as possible a void or cavity that is to be repaired.
2. A flaw or void repaired with such a piece.
3. A cloth strip attached to a flat to conceal a joint.
4. Ellipsis of Flying Dutchman (“a ghost ship”).

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle Dutch duutschbor. Old Saxon thiudisk Middle Low German dütschbor. Middle English Duch Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English Ducheman English Dutchman From Middle English Ducheman; equivalent to Dutch + -man.