DCHP-3

Dutch ((n.))

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

a settler of German extraction, especially during colonial days, as a Pennsylvania Dutch Loyalist or as in the Lunenburg region of Nova Scotia.

See: Dutchman(def. 1)

Quotations

1829
The Dutch copy the Canadians: have their houses small and comfortable.
1830
The settlers of German extraction throughout Nova Scotia are commonly called "Dutch," although there are but few to whom that national appellative is strictly appropriate.