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Teu·ton·ic 
[too-ton-ik, tyoo-] Pronunciation Key
[too-ton-ik, tyoo-] Pronunciation Key –adjective
–noun
| 1. | of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons. |
| 2. | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Teutons or Germans; German. |
| 3. | noting or pertaining to the northern European stock that includes the German, Dutch, Scandinavian, British, and related peoples. |
| 4. | (of languages) Germanic. |
| 5. | Nordic. |
| 6. | Germanic. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| Teu·ton·ic
(tōō-tŏn'ĭk, tyōō-) Pronunciation Key
adj.
n. Germanic. [Latin Teutōnicus, from Teutōnī, Teutons; see Teuton.] |
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Teutonic
Teutonic
1605, "of or pertaining to the Germanic languages and to peoples or tribes who speak or spoke them," from L. Teutonicus, from Teutones, name of a tribe that inhabited coastal Germany and devastated Gaul 113-101 B.C.E., probably from a P.Gmc. word related to O.H.G. diot "people" (see Dutch), from *teuta, the common PIE word for "people" (cf. Lith. tauto, Osc. touto, O.Ir. tuath, Goth. þiuda, O.E. þeod). Used in Eng. in anthropology to avoid the modern political association of German; but in this anthropoligical sense Fr. uses germanique and Ger. uses germanisch, since neither uses its form of German for the narrower national meaning (cf. Fr. allemand, see Alemanni; and Ger. deutsch). The Teutonic Knights (founded c.1191) were a military order of Ger. knights formed for service in the Holy Land, later crusading in Prussia and Lithuania. The Teutonic cross (1882) was the badge of the order. Teuton "a German" is attested from 1833.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| teutonic | |
adjective | |
| of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages; "Teutonic peoples such as Germans and Scandinavians and British"; "Germanic mythology" |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Teutonic
Teu*ton"ic\, a. [L. Teutonicus, from Teutoni, or Teutones. See Teuton.]1. Of or pertaining to the Teutons, esp. the ancient Teutons; Germanic. 2. Of or pertaining to any of the Teutonic languages, or the peoples who speak these languages. Teutonic languages, a group of languages forming a division of the Indo-European, or Aryan, family, and embracing the High German, Low German, Gothic, and Scandinavian dialects and languages. Teutonic order, a military religious order of knights, established toward the close of the twelfth century, in imitation of the Templars and Hospitalers, and composed chiefly of Teutons, or Germans. The order rapidly increased in numbers and strength till it became master of all Prussia, Livonia, and Pomerania. In its decay it was abolished by Napoleon; but it has been revived as an honorary order.
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Teutonic
Teu*ton"ic\, n. The language of the ancient Germans; the Teutonic languages, collectively.
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