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☆ Pennsylvania Dutch
- the descendants of early German immigrants, principally from the Palatinate, who settled mainly in E Pennsylvania
- the High German dialect of this peoplealso called Pennsylvania German
- their form of folk art, characterized by carved or painted, stylized decorations of flowers, fruits, birds, etc., as on furniture
Related Forms:
- Pennsylvania-Dutch Penn′sylva′nia-Dutch′ adjective
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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