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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A woman who is a native or inhabitant of the Netherlands.
  • noun A woman of Dutch ancestry.

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  • proper noun A Dutch woman; a woman from the Netherlands

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Examples

  • "Explorers of the Nile," Tim Jeal's engaging biographical study of the 19th-century adventurers who dared—clamored, even—to face these dangers does not stint on the brutal deaths met by many of them: Mungo Park probably drowned, Richard Lander was shot, the Dutchwoman Alexine Tinné was hacked to death, the French naval officer M.

    To the Source Judith Flanders 2011

  • She was joined by three of her teammates including fellow Dutchwoman Adrie Visser, Charlotte Becker and Chloe Hosking as well as three riders from Garmin-Cervélo and Loes Gunnewijk from Nederland Bloeit.

    Ellen Van Dijk dedicates Qatar win to Carla Swart 2011

  • The Dutchwoman finally held serve at the start of the second set but she was being forced into chasing winners off almost every delivery as Williams continued to dominate.

    Serena Williams reaches third round of the US Open in emphatic fashion 2011

  • Dutchwoman Marianne Vos, the 2006 champion, finished second for her fourth consecutive silver while Emma Johansson of Sweden took the bronze.

    Italy’s Giorgia Bronzini takes women’s road title 2010

  • I can't imagine how I missed this story at the time: several weeks ago, Nathalie Lubbe Bakker, a Dutchwoman working in a Belgian bar in New York, wrote a blog entry about the atrocious behaviour of the Belgian defence minister who dropped in one evening after a particularly pointless taxpayer-funded transatlantic flight.

    Blogging barmaid booted by Belgians nwhyte 2008

  • Flying Dutchwoman Most of the time, Esther Vergeer packs away thoughts of The Streak like a bride storing her wedding dress after the ceremony: something special to be preserved but largely ignored.

    The Scene in Flushing 2010

  • The Flying Dutchwoman, who trains with a respected U.S. coach, credits her achievement, in part, to increased weight training, and denies any drug use.

    A Splash Of Records 2008

  • Netherlandsnoun: Dutchman (men), Dutchwoman (women) adjective: Dutch

    Nationality 2008

  • Nationality: noun: Dutchman (men), Dutchwoman (women) adjective: Dutch

    Netherlands 2008

  • So a Greek woman won that, as a Frenchwoman did the 400, a Brit the 400 hurdles, a Dutchwoman the 800, an Algerian the 1,500, two Russians the 3,000 and the marathon.

    The Old Man And The Wind 2008

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