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| Afrikaans |
a South African language developed from seventeenth-century Dutch. |
| Afrikaner |
a native South African of European descent, esp. one of Dutch ancestry. |
| Baruch Spinoza |
a Dutch philosopher (b.1632--d.1677). |
| Boer |
a South African of Dutch ancestry. [2 definitions] |
| bowery |
a Dutch settler's farm or country residence in early New York. [1/2 definitions] |
| burgomaster |
the mayor or chief magistrate in a Dutch, Austrian, German, or Flemish town or city. |
| Curaçao |
a Dutch Caribbean island, northeast of Venezuela. [1/2 definitions] |
| delft |
a variety of Dutch earthenware that is glazed white and usu. decorated with blue. [1/2 definitions] |
| doit |
a former copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies that came into use in the seventeenth century. [1/2 definitions] |
| Dutch |
pertaining to or characteristic of the Pennsylvania Dutch. [2/5 definitions] |
| Dutch boy |
see "Dutch bob." |
| Dutch cut |
see "Dutch bob." |
| East India Company |
any of various government-chartered companies that carried on trade with the East Indies during the period from the 17th century through the 19th century, such as one chartered by the Dutch or the French governments. [1/2 definitions] |
| galiot |
a light, single-masted Dutch merchant vessel. [1/2 definitions] |
| Germanic |
of or pertaining to the language group that includes German, Dutch, English, Flemish, and the Scandinavian languages. [2/3 definitions] |
| Knickerbocker |
a descendant of the Dutch settlers of New York. [1/3 definitions] |
| Low German |
a subbranch of Germanic, other than High German, that includes English, Dutch, Flemish, and Frisian. (Cf. High German.) [1/2 definitions] |
| patroon |
under the original Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey, one who was given the proprietorship of a large tract of land, along with certain privileges of use. |
| Rembrandt van Rijn |
a Dutch painter (b.1606--d.1669). |
| South African Dutch |
the descendants of the Dutch colonists in South Africa; Boers. [1/2 definitions] |
| Vincent Van Gogh |
a Dutch painter (b.1853--d.1890). |
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