Deadmen vs Dutchman - What's the difference?
deadmen | dutchman |
A Dutch man; a man from the Netherlands.
A person of Dutch descent
A German
(South Africa, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A white Afrikaner.
* 1990 , Rian Malan, My Traitor's Heart: Blood and Bad Dreams (page 54)
(US) A nickname for President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
:* President Roosevelt called a press conference in the Oval Office. [...] when asked where the Billys had originated, the Dutchman smiled broadly [...].
English nouns with irregular plurals
As nouns the difference between deadmen and dutchman
is that deadmen is plural of lang=en while Dutchman is a Dutch man; a man from the Netherlands.As a proper noun Dutchman is
a nickname for President Franklin D. Roosevelt.dutchman
English
Noun
(Dutchmen)- the tyranny of the rockspiders, crunchies, hairybacks, ropes, and bloody Dutchmen . Those were the names by which we referred to Afrikaners.
See also
* DutchwomanDerived terms
* Dutchman's breeches * Dutchman's laudanum * Dutchman's pipe * Flying DutchmanProper noun
(en proper noun)- 2003 Bradley, James Flyboys . New York: Little, Brown and Company. Ch 8: