English

Noun

Dutchman ‎(plural Dutchmen)

1. A Dutch man; a man from the Netherlands.
2. A person of Dutch descent.
3. (archaic or dated) A German.
4. (South Africa, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A white Afrikaner.
   • 1990, Rian Malan, My Traitor's Heart: Blood and Bad Dreams (page 54)

     […] the tyranny of the rockspiders, crunchies, hairybacks, ropes, and bloody Dutchmen. Those were the names by which we referred to Afrikaners.

See also

• Dutchwoman

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Dutchman

1. (US) A nickname for President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

   2003 Bradley, James Flyboys. New York: Little, Brown and Company. Ch 8:

   • President Roosevelt called a press conference in the Oval Office. [...] when asked where the Billys had originated, the Dutchman smiled broadly [...].

English

Noun

dutchman ‎(plural dutchmen)

1. (carpentry, masonry) 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.

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