dutchman

IPA: dˈʌtʃmʌn

Root Word: Dutchman

A Dutch man; a man from the Netherlands.
A man of Dutch descent.
(US) A male Pennsylvania German.
(archaic or dated) A male German.
(South Africa, derogatory, ethnic slur) A male white Afrikaner.
(US) A nickname for President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(carpentry, masonry) A piece of wood or stone used to repair a larger piece, shaped such that it fills as exactly as possible a void or cavity that is to be repaired.
A flaw or void repaired with such a piece.
(theater) A cloth strip attached to a flat to conceal a joint.
(nautical) Ellipsis of Flying Dutchman.: a ghost ship [(nautical folklore) A mythical Dutch-flagged ghost clipper that is very fast sailing, and never makes it to port, seen on the high seas, where upon being hailed, occupants request information on persons long dead, or leave messages for said people. In European naval folklore, it was considered to portend bad luck.]
(nautical) Ellipsis of Flying Dutchman: a ghost ship [(nautical folklore) A mythical Dutch-flagged ghost clipper that is very fast sailing, and never makes it to port, seen on the high seas, where upon being hailed, occupants request information on persons long dead, or leave messages for said people. In European naval folklore, it was considered to portend bad luck.]

Examples of "dutchman" in Sentences

Anyway I think they should have Will's son somehow stowaway on the flying dutchman.
As the daughter of a dutchman never have I been more glad his family emigrated to Canada.
Turner is stuck in the flying dutchman even so that Sparrow did it to save his life, but curse.
Will only became captain of the dutchman to save his dad, that doesn't mean he WANTED to be a captain.
Thank God for the "flying dutchman" – he has not been given near enough credit for an heroic act ......
I think that while barbossa and sparrow are lookin for the fountain of youth with swann, they are also going to be finding out a way to get turner out of the flying dutchman.
It was Eph who taught him how to tell the time of day by the sun; how to insert a "dutchman" in the place of a lost suspender button; how to make bird-traps; and how to "skin the cat."
I sincerely hope you have made the right choice here, or will be liberated when things turn nasty (insofar they have not already). p.s. The only dutchman making headlines for planning to go to Britain is Hiddink ...
Sahwah was telling that joke about the man thinking the car was empty, when all the while there was a miss in the motor and a "dutchman" in the back seat, when there came a rap on the door and the lady of the house came in.