Teuton Definition

to͝otn, tyo͝otn
noun
A member of an ancient people, probably of Germanic or Celtic origin, who lived in Jutland until about 100 bc .
American Heritage
A member of the Teutones.
Webster's New World
A member of any Teutonic people; esp., a German.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Teuton

Noun

Singular:
Teuton
Plural:
teutons

Origin of Teuton

  • Latin Teutōnī Teutons teutā- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Teuton Sentence Examples

  • Hence the connexion between Celt and Teuton as regards writing must go back to a period preceding the Viking inroads of the 8th century.

  • Cosmopolitan as Erasmus was, to the French literati he was still the Teuton.

  • But the Frenchman Budaeus wrote an execrable Latin style, unreadable then as now, while the Teuton Erasmus charmed the reading world with a style which, though far from good Latin, is the most delightful which the Renaissance has left us.

  • Strabo and Velleius, moreover, classify them as Germani, and this is perhaps the more probable view, although apparently the distinction between Celt and Teuton was not clearly realized by some of the earlier historians.

  • In the last years of his short life he engaged actively in politics, and made speeches in Paris and in Moscow in the beginning of 1882 in favour of a militant Panslavism, predicting a desperate strife between Teuton and Sla y.

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Words Starting With

TTETEU

Words Ending With

NONTON

Unscrambles

Teuton

Words Starting With T and Ending With N

Starts With T & Ends With NStarts With TE & Ends With NStarts With T & Ends With ON

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With T6 Letter Words Ending With N