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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

The ancient home of the Middle Dutch Reformed had also gone for secular purposes.

From The Romance of a Great Store by Hungerford, Edward

Till within a few years there stood on Liberty Street, south of the Middle Dutch Church, a dark, stone building, with small, deep porthole looking windows, rising tier above tier; exhibiting a dungeon-like aspect.

From American Prisoners of the Revolution by Dandridge, Danske

The Middle Dutch language may be known from the Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, first by E. Verwys and J. Verdam, after the death of Verwys by Verdam alone.

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

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 Dandridge, Danske

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