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St. Kildan|sənt ˈkɪldən|
Also † St. Kildean, St. Kildian.
A native or inhabitant of the island of St. Kilda in the Outer Hebrides.
The island is now the property of the National Trust for Scotland. The last native inhabitants were formally evacuated on 29 Aug. 1930.
1764K. Macaulay Hist. St. Kilda v. 77 The St. Kildians are too wise or too good protestants, to neglect their secular affairs on the festival days of Columba and Brendan. 1819D. Webster Topogr. Dict. Scotl. 375/2 One of the St. Kildans coming to Harris, was attacked with the small-pox, and died. 1842J. Wilson Voyage round Coasts of Scotl. II. i. 9 In another moment we stood on Terra-Kilda... The small group of St. Kildeans..seemed cheered by our arrival. 1861R. Chambers Domestic Ann. Scotl. III. 181 Mr. Macaulay..mentions..that not only is a St. Kildian's person disagreeably odoriferous to a stranger, but ‘a stranger's company is..as offensive to them.’ 1939Geogr. Mag. X. 73/2 Stac Lee..was much more easily and more often climbed by the St. Kildans than Stac an Armin. 1965T. Steel Life & Death of St. Kilda 10 The St. Kildan can only be described as a St. Kildan, and his island home little else than a republic. 1980Times 22 July 4/2 It is 50 years since the last St Kildans elected to leave the island. |