Hollander

• (surname): Hollender

From Middle English holander, Hollander; equivalent to Holland +‎ -er; compare the German Holländer.

Hollander (plural Hollanders)

1. Somebody from Holland.
2. (archaic) A Dutch person.
   • 1658, Jan van Riebeeck, Precis of the Archives of the Cape of Good Hope‎^[1]:

     Hollanders are not a nation to rob another of its property, but desire to live in friendship with all people, and trade with them.

3. A very hard, semi-glazed, green or dark brown brick, which will not absorb water.

   Synonym: Dutch clinker

4. Ellipsis of Hollander beater.
   • 1889, Johannes Rudolf Wagner, William Crookes, Handbook of Chemical Technology:

     The first operation (in making paper) is performed by two machines, called the half-hollander and the whole-hollander

5. A Dutch rabbit.

• Hollander beater

Hollander (plural Hollanders)

1. A surname.

“Hollander”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

From Middle Dutch hollander. Equivalent to Holland +‎ -er.

The toponym is first attested in 1978 as Hollander. It is derived from the demonym and refers to the first inhabitant(s) of the settlement. Compare Brabander.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɔˌlɑn.dər/

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• Hyphenation: Hol‧lan‧der
• Rhymes: -ɑndər

Hollander m (plural Hollanders, feminine Hollandse)

1. Hollander, person from Holland (e.g. North Holland or South Holland) or of Hollandic descent
2. (Belgium) Dutchman (person from the Netherlands)
3. a hamlet in Leudal, Limburg, Netherlands

Unlike Holland, which is sometimes used for the Netherlands as a whole in patriotic contexts, Dutch people are not very likely to use Hollander to refer to any Dutch person.

• Vliegende Hollander

• Jersey Dutch: Hôl-läänder
• → Caribbean Hindustani: Holandar

Hollander (not comparable)

1. (uncommon) of or from Holland

   Synonym: Hollands

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN