Teuton

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A member of an early Germanic tribe living in Jutland noted in historical writings by Greek and Roman authors.

   “Some fifteen hundred years ago, the Teuton tribes of Northern Europe held an annual ceremony.[…]We can't presume to understand all that this specific ritual meant to the Teutons nor precisely what their expectations might have been.”

2. isim A member of the Teutonic Order.

   “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!”

3. isim A member of any Germanic-language-speaking people, especially a German.

   “Every Teuton must fall on his face before an inferior Teuton; until they all find, in the foul marshes towards the Baltic, the very lowest of all possible Teutons, and worship him--and find he is a Slav. So much for Pan-Germanism.”

4. sıfat 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.”