Sentence:  We have noted that the Teutonic layer of European barbarians, unlike the Celtic layer, resisted the disintegrating action of Hellenism to such effect that the <WSD>Teutons</WSD> were able to take their place in the external proletariat of the Hellenic World and to dispatch the Hellenic Society in its death agonies with the "coup de grâce". 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A member of an early (Germanic) tribe living in (Jutland) noted in historical writings by Greek and Roman authors.