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Definition of Kelper in English: Kelpernoun ˈkelpəˈkelpər informal A native or inhabitant of the Falkland Islands. like many of the 3,000 other Kelpers, he is a descendant of 19th-century British immigrants Example sentencesExamples - He headed the Falklands Islands Association and the UK Falklands Islands Committee, agitating on behalf of his Kelpers until 1988.
- But if there is an oil bonanza, will Kelpers simply sit back and watch the money roll in, as their old way of life disintegrates?
- Secure in their home, the islanders, known as Kelpers, are getting on with making money.
- Seven generations of Kelpers have made their homes on the remote, wind-swept islands.
- Kelpers receive random telephone calls from the mainland in the night.
Origin 1960s: from kelp + -er1 (from the abundance of kelp found on the shores of the islands). Definition of Kelper in US English: Kelpernounˈkelpər informal A native or inhabitant of the Falkland Islands. like many of the 3,000 other Kelpers, he is a descendant of 19th-century British immigrants Example sentencesExamples - He headed the Falklands Islands Association and the UK Falklands Islands Committee, agitating on behalf of his Kelpers until 1988.
- Seven generations of Kelpers have made their homes on the remote, wind-swept islands.
- Secure in their home, the islanders, known as Kelpers, are getting on with making money.
- But if there is an oil bonanza, will Kelpers simply sit back and watch the money roll in, as their old way of life disintegrates?
- Kelpers receive random telephone calls from the mainland in the night.
Origin 1960s: from kelp + -er (from the abundance of kelp found on the shores of the islands). |