noun
Meaning 1
Alternative letter-case form of Black Dutch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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Phrase guide
black Dutch
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noun
Meaning 2
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, historical, obsolete
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noun
Meaning 3
A person passing for such a European, especially Native Americans or people from multiracial families.
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Usage: US, historical, obsolete
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noun
Meaning 4
A Dutch citizen with sub-Saharan African ancestry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Afro-Dutch
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noun
Meaning 5
A member of the Sinti ethnic group in North America, especially those of German-Sinti ancestry; an American-Sinti person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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History
Etymology
In reference to Germans, a mangled calque of German schwarze Deutsche (“black Germans”) under influence from Dutch.