dutchman

noun

1. A Dutch man; a man from the Netherlands.

   “About ten months ago a report reached my ears that a Dutchman had constructed a telescope, by the aid of which visible objects, although at a great distance from the eye of the observer, were seen distinctly as if near; […]”

   “The Dutchman hit his 33rd league goal of the calendar year to move him three behind Alan Shearer's record of 36.”

2. A man of Dutch descent.
3. (US)A male Pennsylvania German.
4. (archaic, dated)A male German.

   “[…]There have been at least four legendary Lost Dutchman's gold mines in the American West, including the famed Superstition mine of Jacob Waltz.”

5. (South-Africa, derogatory)A male white Afrikaner.

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

6. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of Flying Dutchman, a ghost ship.
7. 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.
8. A flaw or void repaired with such a piece.
9. A cloth strip attached to a flat to conceal a joint.
10. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of Flying Dutchman (“a ghost ship”).

name

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

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