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Teu·ton

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–noun

1.	a member of a Germanic people or tribe first mentioned in the 4th century b.c. and supposed to have dwelt in Jutland.

2.	a native of Germany or a person of German origin.

–adjective

Teutonic.

[Origin: 1720–30; < L Teutonī (pl.) tribal name < Gmc

]

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n.

A member of an ancient people, probably of Germanic or Celtic origin, who lived in Jutland until about 100 B.C.
A member of any of the peoples speaking a Germanic language, especially a German.

[Latin Teutōnī, Teutons; see teutā- in Indo-European roots.]

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teuton
noun
1.	someone (especially a German) who speaks a Germanic language
2.	a member of the ancient Germanic people who migrated from Jutland to southern Gaul and were annihilated by the Romans

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Teuton

Teu"ton\, n.; pl. E. Teutons, L. Teutones. [L. Teutones, Teutoni, the name of a Germanic people, probably akin to E. Dutch. Cf. Dutch.]

1. One of an ancient German tribe; later, a name applied to any member of the Germanic race in Europe; now used to designate a German, Dutchman, Scandinavian, etc., in distinction from a Celt or one of a Latin race.

2. A member of the Teutonic branch of the Indo-European, or Aryan, family.

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