islander

[ahy-luh n-der]

noun

a native or inhabitant of an island.

Origin of islander

First recorded in 1540–50; island + -er¹

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Examples from the Web for islander

Contemporary Examples of islander

With her win, Hirono also became the first Asian/Pacific Islander American woman to be elected to the Senate.
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Abigail Pesta
November 7, 2012

Historical Examples of islander

The Fejee islander might assert his God to be good, but would that make you love him?
Wilfrid Cumbermede
George MacDonald
It is not everybody who lives on an island that is an islander.
The Little Manx Nation - 1891
Hall Caine
The young Laird has attempted what no Islander perhaps ever thought on.
A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland
Samuel Johnson
Then this man is now piloting the Islander through this channel?
Up the River
Oliver Optic
If the Islander had been within a mile of us we could have heard the clang of her screw.
Up the River
Oliver Optic

British Dictionary definitions for islander

islander

noun

a native or inhabitant of an island
(capital) NZ a native or inhabitant of the Pacific Islands

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