单词 | islander |
释义 | islandern. A native or inhabitant of an island. Also in combinations, as Channel Islander. South Sea Islander: see as main entry. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > dweller on island insulana1464 islander?1553 islandman1575 islesmana1578 insulary1585 insular1744 Isleman1815 off-islander1876 islandress1892 ?1553–77 Life Fisher (Harl. 6382) (1921) 36 Lyke the nature of Islanders that commonly be changeable and desirous of novelties. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 709 In S. Marie..they buried one of their dead men, the Ilanders being present. 1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) III. 392 We are islanders, and our life and soul is traffic. 1714 Stanhope (title) The Early Conversion of Islanders, a wise expedient for propagating Christianity; on Isa. lx. 9. 1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey V. xxiv. 307 Some surly Islander, of manners rude. 1897 W. E. Gladstone E. Crisis 10 Into one more of these struggles the gallant islanders have now entered. Derivatives ˈislandress n. a female islander. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > dweller on island insulana1464 islander?1553 islandman1575 islesmana1578 insulary1585 insular1744 Isleman1815 off-islander1876 islandress1892 1892 R. L. Stevenson Vailima Lett. (1895) 156 I go to the club to dance with the islandresses. ˈislandry n. a body of islanders. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > dweller on island > collectively islandry1875 1875 R. F. Burton Ultima Thule I. 89 The roving islandry throve by piracy and discovery. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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