HOLLANDER

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• HOLLANDER (noun)
  The noun HOLLANDER has 1 sense:

1. a native or inhabitant of Holland

  Familiarity information: HOLLANDER used as a noun is very rare.

• HOLLANDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Holland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Dutchman; Hollander; Netherlander

Hypernyms ("Hollander" is a kind of...):

European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)

Holonyms ("Hollander" is a member of...):

Holland; Kingdom of The Netherlands; Nederland; Netherlands; The Netherlands (a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level)

Derivation:

Holland (a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level)

 Context examples 

Twelve other tumor types were observed (Burek and Hollander 1975a).

(BN, Rat Strain, NCI Thesaurus)

This interpreter was a person employed to transact affairs with the Hollanders.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

I gave him a short account of some particulars, and made my story as plausible and consistent as I could; but I thought it necessary to disguise my country, and call myself a Hollander; because my intentions were for Japan, and I knew the Dutch were the only Europeans permitted to enter into that kingdom.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

When this latter petition was interpreted to the Emperor, he seemed a little surprised; and said, he believed I was the first of my countrymen who ever made any scruple in this point; and that he began to doubt, whether I was a real Hollander, or not; but rather suspected I must be a Christian.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)