Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A native or an inhabitant of the Netherlands or Holland, a kingdom of Europe situated near the North Sea, west of Germany and north of Belgium; an inhabitant of the Netherlands in an extended sense, including, besides the present kingdom, the former Spanish and Austrian Netherlands (now the kingdom of Belgium).
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- noun
someone from theNetherlands
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a native or inhabitant of Holland
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Examples
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I turned and found the so-called Netherlander, Van Weede, at my side, along with his two companions.
QUEEN’S RANSOM Fiona Buckley 2000
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When he left the gloomy building, he was animated with the joyous conviction that he had not toiled in vain, and that the Netherlander was a lost man.
Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867
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I grew in Dutch Reformed western Michigan with a propitious Netherlander name.
Jeff DeGraff: The New Mass As New Coke Jeff DeGraff 2012
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I grew in Dutch Reformed western Michigan with a propitious Netherlander name.
Jeff DeGraff: The New Mass As New Coke Jeff DeGraff 2012
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Moreover, the Pashley is certainly more of a ‘luxury item’, it is not made to withstand the insane abuses a Netherlander hurls at their bikes.
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When a Netherlander tells you how much they appreciate Canadians for liberating Holland, tell them that their gratitude is misplaced.
Archive 2008-06-01 the rev. paperboy 2008
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The chief judge was a rotund, silver-haired Netherlander named Alphons Orie, who had served on the Dutch Supreme Court.
House of War Langewiesche, William 2008
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And if she had still carried a Kenyan passport that would have meant a clean sweep in the teams, but she's a Netherlander now.
Archive 2007-03-18 2007
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The course was taught by a Netherlander, Oscar Lansen who is now at the University of North Carolina - Charlotte.
Ode to the Netherlands vuboq 2006
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Van Wijk might know: Although regal and Netherlander, his firm is now a subsidiary of Jean-Cyril Spinetta's Air France-KLM.
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