| 单词 | zetlander |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈZetlander ˈZetlander n. a native or inhabitant of the Shetland Islands; cf. Shetlander n. 1. 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 1614 W. Lithgow Most Delectable Disc. Peregrination sig. G3 I haue seldome seene..better house-keepers, then be these Orkadians, and Zetlanders. 1701 J. Brand Brief Descr. Orkney, Zetland 116 Some Zetlanders went to the King with their Skin-Coats, laying the oppressed condition of their Countrey before him. 1821 W. Scott Pirate I. ii. 23 Sweyn Erickson, as good a Zetlander as ever rowed a boat to the haaf fishing. 1948 Sc. Hist. Rev. Apr. 87 The Zetlander, situated as he is nearer to Bergen than to Aberdeen, has a closer racial affinity with Scandinavia than with Scotland. 1996 J. B. Minahan Nations without States 638 Scottish nationalism, advocating independence within a united Europe, stimulated Zetlander sentiment for separation from Scotland in the 1980s and 1990s. < as lemmas |
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