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Icelander|ˈaɪsləndə(r)|
[f. prec. + -er1 1. Cf. Da. Islænder, G. Eisländer.]
1. An inhabitant or native of Iceland.
1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 744 Arngrin Jonas an Islander. 1674tr. Martiniere's Voy. N. Countries title-p., A Description of the Manners [etc.] of the Norwegians, Laponians..and Islanders. 1742Blair Grave 491 The shivering Icelander. 1876Bancroft Hist. U.S. I. i. 8 The remote discoveries which Icelanders had made in Greenland.
2. An Icelandic falcon; see gyrfalcon.
1828J. S. Sebright Hawking 44 The Icelander is the largest hawk that is known, and highly esteemed by falconers. |