Hollander
See also: Holländer
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- (surname): Hollender
Etymology edit
From Middle English holander, Hollander; equivalent to Holland + -er; compare the German Holländer.
Noun edit
Hollander (plural Hollanders)
- Somebody from Holland.
- (archaic) A Dutch person.
- 1658, Jan van Riebeeck, Precis of the Archives of the Cape of Good Hope[1]:
- Hollanders are not a nation to rob another of its property, but desire to live in friendship with all people, and trade with them.
- A very hard, semi-glazed, green or dark brown brick, which will not absorb water.
- Synonym: Dutch clinker
- Short for Hollander beater.
- 1889, Johannes Rudolf Wagner, William Crookes, Handbook of Chemical Technology:
- The first operation (in making paper) is performed by two machines, called the half-hollander and the whole-hollander
- A Dutch rabbit.
Derived terms edit
Proper noun edit
Hollander (plural Hollanders)
- A surname.
References edit
“Hollander”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch hollander. Equivalent to Holland + -er.
The toponym is first attested in 1978 as Hollander. It is derived from the demonym and refers to the first inhabitant(s) of the settlement. Compare Brabander.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Hollander m (plural Hollanders)
- Hollander, person from Holland (e.g. North Holland or South Holland) or of Hollandic descent.
- (Belgium) Dutchman (person from the Netherlands)
- A hamlet in Leudal, Limburg, Netherlands.
Usage notes edit
Unlike Holland, which is sometimes used for the Netherlands as a whole in patriotic contexts, Dutch people are not very likely to use Hollander to refer to any Dutch person.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Jersey Dutch: Hôl-läänder
- → Caribbean Hindustani: Holandar
Adjective edit
Hollander (not comparable)
Declension edit
Inflection of Hollander | ||||
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uninflected | Hollander | |||
inflected | Hollander | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | Hollander | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | Hollander | ||
n. sing. | Hollander | |||
plural | Hollander | |||
definite | Hollander | |||
partitive | Hollanders |
References edit
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN