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Teuton

//ˈt(j)u.tən// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective

1
Synonym of Teutonic.
"While some families of the oldest Welsh stocks talk English only, a large number, whose forefathers were Teuton, Norse, or Irish, now converse in Cymraeg."

Noun

1
A member of an early Germanic tribe living in Jutland noted in historical writings by Greek and Roman authors. historical
"The difference between the Clergy and the Teuton conquerors was more than a difference of creed, or of civilization. It was an actual difference of race. They were Romans, to whom the Teuton was a savage, speaking a different tongue, obeying different laws, his whole theory of the universe different from the Roman."
2
a member of the ancient Germanic people who migrated from Jutland to southern Gaul and were annihilated by the Romans wordnet
3
A member of the Teutonic Order. historical
"The third threat, from the Teutonic Knights of Germany, was the worst, because the Crusader Teutons wanted not only Russian land but also to kill off the people of Russia because they were a different kind of Christian from them!"
4
someone (especially a German) who speaks a Germanic language wordnet
5
A member of any Germanic-language-speaking people, especially a German.
"In the first place, a prolonged struggle in the North Temperate Zone, with a harsh, though not a depressing, natural environment, endows the Teuton with unusual energy and initiative. Then centuries of wanderings in which the strong set forth and the weak and timid stay behind, brings the Teuton to the west of Europe, to the British Isles, and to America, with a courage, enterprise, and self-assertion rare in the history of man. The Teuton becomes the Anglo-Saxon, and therewith less apt for the gregarious life."

Etymology

Etymology 1

PIE word *tewtéh₂ Attested since 1720, from Latin Teutonēs, Teutonī (“the Teutons”) (cf. Ancient Greek Τεύτονες (Teútones)), a Germanic or Celtic tribe that inhabited a coastal area in today's Germany and devastated Gaul between 113 and 101 BCE. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“people”), from which come: * Proto-Germanic *þeudō (“people”) ** Old English þēod (“nation, people, country, language”), Middle English thede ** Proto-Germanic *þeudanaz (“ruler, leader of the people”) *** Gothic 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 (þiudans, “king”) *** Old Norse þjóðann (“prince, king”) *** Old Saxon þiudan (“lord of the people, ruler”) *** Old English þēoden (“king, lord”) ** Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz (“of the people or tribe”) *** English Dutch *** German deutsch * Proto-Celtic *toutā ** Old Irish túath * Persian توده (tôda, tude, “heap, masses, people, folk”) * Proto-Slavic *ťuďь (“foreign, strange”) ** Russian чужо́й (čužój, “stranger”), чудно (čudno, “strange”), чу́до (čúdo, “miracle”)

Etymology 2

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