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nounthe people of the Netherlands
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nounthe West Germanic language of the Netherlandstype of:
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of or relating to the Netherlands or its people or culture
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- sitter Dutch astronomer who calculated the size of the universe and suggested that it is expanding (1872-1934)
- gogh Dutch Post-impressionist painter noted for his use of color (1853-1890)
- jacobs Dutch physician who opened the first birth control clinic in the world in Amsterdam (1854-1929)
- huygens Dutch physicist who first formulated the wave theory of light (1629-1695)
- erasmus Dutch humanist and theologian who was the leading Renaissance scholar of northern Europe; although his criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church led to the Reformation, he opposed violence and condemned Martin Luther (1466-1536)
- vermeer Dutch painter renowned for his use of light (1632-1675)
- leeuwenhoek Dutch pioneer microscopist who was among the first to recognize cells in animals and who gave the first accurate descriptions of microbes and spermatozoa and blood corpuscles (1632-1723)
- spinoza Dutch philosopher who espoused a pantheistic system (1632-1677)
- bosch Dutch painter (1450-1516)
- mondrian Dutch painter whose work (intersecting lines at right angles and planes in primary colors) influenced the development of abstract art (1872-1944)