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Teuton

Teuton

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A person from an ancient German tribe or a German person
  • noun
  • /ˈtjuːtən/
translation icon : teutón
  • For example, in the concluding pages of his book Red Land, Red Power: Grounding Knowledge in the American Indian Novel, Cherokee Nation scholar Sean Kicummah Teuton asserts that "in anticolonial struggles, claims to freedom can be made in the name of knowledge."

Examples

  • But the Teuton won't declare him unfit for work, so he goes to a lawyer.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • As a proud Teuton, he spoke German fluently and cherished his heritage.

  • I'm a Teuton from Germania.

  • Teuton, 193-215. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2008.

    Academic text (2011)
  • You said "Tur-in..." the emphasis on the wrong syllable for a proud and proper Teuton.

  • Charges and countercharges of barbarism against both Slav and Teuton.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Teuton, Sean Kicummah. Red Land, Red Power: Grounding Knowledge in the American Indian Novel. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2008.

    Academic text (2011)
  • In January 1943, he wrote of the Soviet Union's inability to sustain a long war, that the emotional Slavic temperament has neither the stability nor the steadfastness of purpose that is to be found in that of the Teuton and the Anglo-Saxon.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Rather than presenting knowledge as a given archive of frozen tradition, Teuton argues for its adaptive, responsive, and proactive qualities in asserting the dynamic continuity of Indigenous peoples and nations.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The Teuton tribes of ancient Germany were known for their fierce warrior culture.

Synonyms

German
vsTeuton
1.0

A person who is a citizen, born in Germany, or whose family comes from Germany

is broader, including ancient tribes or any speaker of related languages

Surface Forms

Teuton singular
Teutons plural

Etymology

Teuton comes from an old German root teut- that meant 'people', and Roman writers used it for a northern tribe. So Teuton refers to a member of that ancient Germanic people or to someone from a German-speaking group, and the same root is also in Deutsch 'German', which makes the meaning easier to remember.