Teuton
pronunciation
How to pronounce Teuton in British English: UK [ˈtju:tən]
How to pronounce Teuton in American English: US [ˈtutn, ˈtjutn]
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- Noun:
- someone (especially a German) who speaks a Germanic language
- a member of the ancient Germanic people who migrated from Jutland to southern Gaul and were annihilated by the Romans
Word Origin
- Teuton (n.)
- "a German," 1833, in modern use often in contrast to Celt, probably a back-formation from Teutonic.
Example
- 1. Full of teuton raiders and dacian bandits and who knows who ?
- 2. Western europe is mediaeval it is teuton is in on the west a kind of regime that rome builds afresh on caesarean remains .