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Finlander

[fin-luh n-der]

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noun

an inhabitant of Finland, especially a native who customarily speaks Swedish.

Origin of Finlander

First recorded in 1720–30; Finland + -er¹

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for finlander

Historical Examples of finlander

The Americans won't let the Finlander hold me for ransom, you may depend upon that.
A Rock in the Baltic
Robert Barr
There is the Norwegian on the west; the Finlander on the east.
Man and His Migrations
R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
And then his neighbour the Kaffre differs from him as the Finlander does from the Lap.
Man and His Migrations
R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
The Finlander's scythe is represented in the annexed figure.
Lachesis Lapponica
Carl von Linn
The Finlander recognized our peril as quickly as I did, and halted.
The Czar's Spy
William Le Queux