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- noun Plural form of
Hollander .
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Examples
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It is the universal testimony of all travellers, that the Hollanders are the neatest and most economical people among all nations.
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Yet gallant travellers write that the Hollanders are a sleepy people, and that their domestic happiness is "_un bonheur un peu gros_."
Holland, v. 1 (of 2) Edmondo De Amicis 1877
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He told them, that the Hollanders were the common enemies of all monarchies, especially that of England, their only competitor for commerce and naval power, and the sole obstacle to their views of attaining a universal empire, as extensive as that of ancient
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. David Hume 1743
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A large part of her exports had for many years been transported by the Dutch, and the entire exclusion of the "Hollanders" could not fail to react unfavorably upon her prosperity.
Patrician and Plebeian Or The Origin and Development of the Social Classes of the Old Dominion Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker 1922
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"Hollanders;" a name used by the Malays, from whom they received it.
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 Ludwig Leichhardt 1830
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I think the "Hollanders" are more commonly known as
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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As the Hollanders were the first discoverers of this river, they were also the first residents, settling themselves down in small numbers at the Hoerekil and thereabouts, and at Santhoeck, though the most people and the capital of the country were at the Manhatans, under the rule and authority of the West India Company. [
Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 Jasper Danckaerts 1898
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Okay, so to understand this story you have to know that markgritter's family is Dutch-American, and Uncle Rudy was from a part of Michigan with a lot of Hollanders (though he was himself the son of Czech immigrants).
Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway markgritter 2009
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Do you think that we Hollanders who threw the sea out of our country will let the Germans have it?
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"Everybody knows the Hollanders as good, generous, upstanding people," Barry said.
Hartford Distributors Shooting: Nine Dead In Workplace Massacre 2010
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