TEUTON

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• TEUTON (noun)
  The noun TEUTON has 2 senses:

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

  Familiarity information: TEUTON used as a noun is rare.

• TEUTON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone (especially a German) who speaks a Germanic language

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Teuton" is a kind of...):

German (a person of German nationality)

Domain region:

Deutschland; Federal Republic of Germany; FRG; Germany (a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A member of the ancient Germanic people who migrated from Jutland to southern Gaul and were annihilated by the Romans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Teuton" is a kind of...):

European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)

Domain member category:

Nibelung ((German mythology) any of the group of dwarfs who possessed a treasure hoard that was stolen by Siegfried)

Nibelung ((German mythology) a companion or follower of Siegfried)

Siegfried ((German mythology) mythical German warrior hero of the Nibelungenlied who takes possession of the accursed treasure of the Nibelungs by slaying the dragon that guards it and awakens Brynhild and is eventually killed; Sigurd is the Norse counterpart)

Teutonic deity ((German mythology) a deity worshipped by the ancient Teutons)

Brunhild; Brunnhilde; Brynhild (a Valkyrie or a queen in the Nibelungenlied who loved the hero Siegfried; when he deceived her she had him killed and then committed suicide)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Teuton"):

Goth (one of the Teutonic people who invaded the Roman Empire in the 3rd to 5th centuries)

 Context examples 

The serene Teuton found the supper-table and was happy, eating steadily through the bill of fare, and dismayed the garcons by the ravages he committed.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)