Word Study
Dutchman
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Dutchman, n. (pl. -men; fem. Dutchwoman, pl. -women)
1 a a native or national of the Netherlands. b a person of Dutch descent.
2 a Dutch ship.
3 US sl. a German.
1 a a native or national of the Netherlands. b a person of Dutch descent.
2 a Dutch ship.
3 US sl. a German.
Idiom
Dutchman's breeches US a plant, Dicentra cucullaria, with white flowers and finely divided leaves. Flying Dutchman
1 a ghostly ship.
2 its captain. I'm a Dutchman expression of disbelief or refusal.
1 a ghostly ship.
2 its captain. I'm a Dutchman expression of disbelief or refusal.
ROGET THESAURUS
Dutchman
Extraneousness
N extraneousness, extrinsicality, exteriority, alienage, alienism, foreign body, foreign substance, foreign element, alien, stranger, intruder, interloper, foreigner, novus homo, newcomer, immigrant, emigrant, creole, Africander, outsider, Dago, wop, mick, polak, greaser, slant, Easterner, Dutchman, tenderfoot, extraneous, foreign, alien, ulterior, tramontane, ultramontane, excluded, inadmissible, exceptional, in foreign parts, in foreign lands, abroad, beyond seas, over sea on one's travels.For further exploring for "Dutchman" in Webster Dictionary Online