islander

[ ahy-luhn-der ]

/ ˈaɪ lən dər /

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noun

a native or inhabitant of an island.

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Origin of islander

First recorded in 1540–50; island + -er¹

Words nearby islander

Islamize, Islamofascism, Islamophobia, island, island arc, islander, island flap, island fox, island-hop, island of Reil, Island of the Sun

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How to use islander in a sentence

Greenland’s extensive high-speed fiber-optic network has brought with it better access to streaming services, allowing younger islanders to binge-watch American TV series and movies, Broberg says.
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To the islanders, all of the men are outsiders, strangers from other lands.
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The military planes running on fossil fuels only pollute the air local islanders breathe.
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In his memoir, Belfort describes Danny Porush (the real Azoff) as a Jewish Long Islander with WASP pretensions.
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With her win, Hirono also became the first Asian/Pacific Islander American woman to be elected to the Senate.
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The field of Asian-American/Pacific Islander candidates has exploded in this political cycle.
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He was a bald islander who wore a hat and lots of gold jewelry.
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A Sandwich Islander appreciates this when he salutes a British crew in terms compounded of oaths and ribaldry.
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They may do very well for St. Paul; in the case of an Andaman islander they mean less than nothing.
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She showed no colors, but the old islander, once a whaler, declared that she was a British man-o'-war.
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And third, never to intrust the care of youth to a cannibal heathen South Sea Islander.
The White Man's Foot|Grant Allen
None, said the Islander, was more deservedly respected, and by his death the world has lost one who was an honest and upright man.
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British Dictionary definitions for islander

islander

/ (ˈaɪləndə) /

noun

a native or inhabitant of an island

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

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