Lapp

[ lap ]

/ læp /

noun

Also called Lap·land·er

[lap-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈlæpˌlæn dər, -lən-/. a member of a Finnic people of northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and adjacent regions.

Also called Lappish. any of the languages of the Lapps, closely related to Finnish.

Also called Sami.

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Examples from the Web for lapp

He was a large, handsome animal; his master, who wore a fur dress, we of course set down for a Lapp.
Northern Travel|Bayard Taylor
He was a nomadic Lapp, but had come to visit his sister, who had married a Sea Lapp.
The Land of the Long Night|Paul du Chaillu
We also saw furrows made by Lapp sleighs and tracks of skees.
The Land of the Long Night|Paul du Chaillu
And at the end of the lake we disembarked and paid off the melancholy Lapp from Enare, who took back the canoe.
Through Arctic Lapland|Cutcliffe Hyne

They could not say anything else, for they could not talk Lapp.
Top of the World Stories for Boys and Girls|Emilie Poulsson

British Dictionary definitions for lapp

Lapp

/ (læp) /

noun

a member of a nomadic people living chiefly in N Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula of Russia

the language of this people, belonging to the Finno-Ugric family

adjective

of or relating to this people or their language

usage

The indigenous people of Lapland prefer to be called Sami, although Lapp is still in widespread use

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Word Origin and History for lapp

Lapp

1859; see Lapland.