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Greenlander

British  
/ ˈɡriːnləndə /

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Greenland

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"As a Greenlander, I can't help but wonder: what are we worth to these allies? To what lengths are they willing to go to protect us?"

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026

Instead, the Vances visited Pituffik Space Base, where American service members work together with Canadian, Danish and Greenlander allies.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2025

“When the long Darkness spreads itself over the country, many hidden things are revealed, and men’s thoughts travel along devious paths,” a west Greenlander told the explorer Knud Rasmussen sometime around 1904.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 17, 2016

Instead, the ancient Greenlander belonged to a different group known as Paleo-Eskimos.

From New York Times • May 16, 2016

As this animal is so necessary to the existence of a Greenlander, it is his greatest glory to chase and take him.

From The History of Sandford and Merton by Day, Thomas