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Middle Dutch

American  

noun

  1. the Dutch language of the period c1100–c1500. MD, M.D.


Middle Dutch British  

noun

  1. MD. the Dutch language from about 1100 to about 1500

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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At the Middle Dutch Church they pulled out the pulpit, the pews, and the floorboards and let the horses of the Light Dragoons practice.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson

"And they had preaching in Dutch after 1800 in the Middle Dutch Church," said Jim.

From A Little Girl in Old New York by Amanda Minnie Douglas

But what is the case with the Middle Dutch?

From A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham

The North Dutch Church on William Street contained 800 prisoners, and there were perhaps as many in the Middle Dutch Church.

From American Prisoners of the Revolution by Danske Dandridge

In Middle Dutch c was sometimes used instead of k; now this is no longer done.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various

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