islander

See also: Islander and Isländer

English

Etymology

From island +‎ -erCategory:English terms suffixed with -er (inhabitant)#ISLANDER. Displaced Middle English insulane (“islander”), from Latin īnsulānus (“islander”).

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Noun

islander (plural islanders)Category:English lemmas#ISLANDERCategory:English nouns#ISLANDERCategory:English countable nouns#ISLANDERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ISLANDERCategory:Pages with entries#ISLANDERCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ISLANDER

  1. A person who lives on an island.
    Synonym: insular
    Hyponyms: islandman, islandwoman
    • 1999 June 6, Frances Powell, “A galapalooza for McClown House”, in The Daily News, number 57, Galveston, Tex., page C1, column 1:
      Susan happily introducing speaker Steve Smith, Channel Eleven’s newzanchor, ya’know, and an islandophile from wayyy back – and as of this writing, a newly retired islander and fisherman.
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    • 2013 January 3, Luke Harding, Uki Goni, The Guardian‎:
      The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has categorically ruled out any new negotiations saying the future of the Falklands can only be decided by the islanders themselves in accordance with the UN principle of self-determination.
      Category:English terms with quotations#ISLANDER

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