Laplander

/ (ˈlæpˌlændə) /

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noun

a native or inhabitant of Lapland

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How to use Laplander in a sentence

A Laplander who cannot get Tobacco sucks chips of a barrel or pieces of anything else which has contained it.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
It is as useful to the women of the lower classes in the great Scotch towns as the reindeer is to the Laplander.
Friend Mac Donald|Max O'Rell
The Asiatic is careful to improve the breed of his elephants, the Arabian of his horses, and the Laplander of his reindeer.
Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World|Anonymous
He sat in the window recess cutting at a model of a Laplander's pulk (sledge) which the Sorenskriver had given him.
Katharine Frensham|Beatrice Harraden

Accustomed from his infancy to privations and fatigues of every kind, the Laplander suffers little.
The Desert World|Arthur Mangin