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Solomon Islander|ˈsɒləmən ˈaɪləndə(r)|
[f. Solomon Islands (see below) + -er1.]
A native or inhabitant of the Solomon Islands in the southwest Pacific.
1864in C. M. Yonge Life John Coleridge Patteson (1874) II. ix. 96 Two of the Solomon Islanders distinguished themselves by jumping off the foreyard, and diving under the ship. 1911F. Coombe Islands of Enchantment iii. i. 239 Perchance it is as well that the Solomon Islanders had about 300 years in which to forget the first Christian emissaries before the next visited them! 1951R. Firth Elements of Social Organization iii. 92 The Solomon Islander is no less sensitive to the appellation of country bumpkin than is his European counterpart. 1968World Book Encycl. Australasia II. 323 In 1896, Solomon Islanders killed five Austrian scientists who were attempting to climb their sacred mountain. |