islesmann.
/ˈʌɪlzmən/ An inhabitant or native of any group of islands, esp. of the Hebrides, Orkneys, or Shetland Isles.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > dweller on island
insulana1464
islander?1553
islandman1575
islesmana1578
insulary1585
insular1744
Isleman1815
off-islander1876
islandress1892
a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 29 Of grett oppressioun maid be the yllismen [cf. infra men of the yllis].
1610 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. VIII. 615 What cours salbe takin with these Yllischmen.
1808 W. Scott Marmion v. v. 248 The Isles-men carried at their backs The ancient Danish battle-axe.
a1851 D. M. Moir Eric's Dirge iii, in Poet. Wks. (1852) Fear thine Islesmen never knew.
1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 29 Nov. 2/1 Finer men there are not in the United Kingdom than these Islesmen, of mixed Celtic and Norse descent.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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n.a1578- sad-assed
- sad-avised
- russels black
- russels cloth
- russels satin
- russels silk
- russels worsted
- russenorsk
- russerine
- russes
- russet
- russet burbank
- russet coat
- russet gown
- russet kingfisher
- russet leather
- russet sedge
- russet starling
- russet wheatear
- russet-backed
- russet-bearded
- russet-clad
- russet-coated
- russet-coloured
- russet-faced