black Dutch
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black Dutch¹
noun black Dutch
- Alternative letter-case form of Black Dutch
Black Dutch²
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In reference to Germans, a mangled calque of German schwarze Deutsche (“black Germans”) under influence from Dutch.
noun Black Dutch · black Dutch
- A European with dark hair, eyes, and skin, especially one from or claiming to be from Germany or the Netherlands, sometimes (derogatory, ethnic slur) with disparaging racial overtones. The same usage still prevails among the vulgar as in the phrases, 'black Irish', 'black Dutch', describing certain well known types of Celts and Teutons (Hollanders, probably), differing widely from the prevailing type of either race in respect of their black eyes and hair, and gypsy-like, tawny com
- A person passing for such a European, especially Native Americans or people from multiracial families. There are strong indications that the original "Black Dutch" were swarthy-complexioned Germans... The term was adopted [by some] as an attempt to disguise Indian or infrequently, tri-racial descent.
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A Dutch citizen with sub-Saharan African ancestry.
Similar: Afro-Dutch
- A member of the Sinti ethnic group in North America, especially those of German-Sinti ancestry; an American-Sinti person. Gypsies from Germany, whom de Wendler-Funaro refers to as Chikkeners (Pennsylvania German, from the German Zigeuner), sometimes refer to themselves as 'Black Dutch'.
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title = {black Dutch},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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