Dutch
adjective
of, relating to, or characteristic of the natives or inhabitants of the Netherlands or their country or language.
Dutches
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pluralof Dutch.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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By his Lady he hes a claime to the estate of Baccleuch, failzeing of aires of this present Dutches hir body, tho the King hes somewhat inverted the straight succession heir.
From Publications of the Scottish History Society, Volume 36 Journals of Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall with His Observations on Public Affairs and Other Memoranda 1665-1676 by Lord John Lauder Fountainhall
It shall be to the Dutches of Alanson, The French Kings Sister; He shall marry her.
From Henry VIII by William Shakespeare
I detest that name, My mother was a Dutches of true fame; And now I thinke upon her, when she died I was ordain'd to be indignified.
From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 4 by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen
Which knife was brought over into England by Captaine Buckestone, and by him delivered unto the Dutches of Buckingham her Grace on Monday night last.’
From The Pictorial Press Its Origin and Progress by Mason Jackson
The next morning as he was abed with his Dutches at Bath he told her of it, and sent Dr. Charleton to me for them, to shew her as a rarity.
From The Natural History of Wiltshire by John Aubrey
