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Netherlander

Netherlander

1 6.1
A person from the Netherlands
  • noun
  • /ˈnɛðərˌlændər/
: neerlandés
  • Many Netherlanders enjoy cycling through the picturesque countryside.

Examples

  • She learned to cook traditional dishes from her Netherlander grandparents.

  • As a proud Netherlander, he often shared stories about his hometown in Amsterdam.

  • Lissa Wennerman -- that she was of Netherlander forebears, perhaps she had said something.

    Fiction book (1990)

Synonyms

Dutch
vsNetherlander
27 1.4

People who come from the Netherlands

refers to an individual native or inhabitant rather than a group
Dutchman
vsNetherlander
15 3.8

A man from the Netherlands

is gender neutral and covers any native or inhabitant
Dutchwoman
vsNetherlander
1 5.1

A woman from the Netherlands

is gender neutral and covers any native or inhabitant
Netherlandish
vsNetherlander
7.1

A person from the Netherlands

is the same meaning stated as native or inhabitant

Surface Forms

Netherlander singular
Netherlanders plural

Morphology

Netherlander = Netherlands (transparent) = nether + land + er

Formed by adding the agentive/place suffix '-er' to the country name (Netherlands/Netherland), so the meaning 'a person from the Netherlands' is directly derivable.

Etymology

Netherlander comes from Netherlands, which literally means 'lower land' — the nether part means 'lower' and land means 'land', because much of that country is low or even below sea level. So a Netherlander is simply a person from those low lands.