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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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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