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Dutch ((n.)) † 

• n. a settler of German extraction, especially during colonial days, as a Pennsylvania Dutch Loyalist or as in the Lunenburg region of Nova Scotia.

  See also: Dutchman (def. 1)  

  • 1829  The Dutch copy the Canadians: have their houses small and comfortable.
  • 1830  The settlers of German extraction throughout Nova Scotia are commonly called "Dutch," although there are but few to whom that national appellative is strictly appropriate.