单词 | st kildan |
释义 | St. Kildann. A native or inhabitant of the island of St. Kilda.The island is now the property of the National Trust for Scotland. The last native inhabitants were formally evacuated on 29 August 1930. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > Scots nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Scotland > Scottish islands Orcadian1614 Zetlander1614 Hebridean1632 Shetlander1690 Orkneyman1730 St. Kildan1764 Sheltie1888 Lewisman1927 1764 K. 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. 1817 D. Webster Topogr. Dict. Scotl. 375/2 One of the St. Kildans coming to Harris, was attacked with the small-pox, and died. 1842 J. Wilson Voy. Scotl. II. i. 9 In another moment we stood on Terra-Kilda... The small group of St. Kildeans..seemed cheered by our arrival. 1861 R. Chambers Domest. 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.’ 1939 Geogr. Mag. X. 73/2 Stac Lee..was much more easily and more often climbed by the St. Kildans than Stac an Armin. 1965 T. 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. 1980 Times 22 July 4/2 It is 50 years since the last St Kildans elected to leave the island. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1764 |
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