ISLANDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does islander mean? 

• ISLANDER (noun)
  The noun ISLANDER has 1 sense:

1. an inhabitant of an island

  Familiarity information: ISLANDER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ISLANDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An inhabitant of an island

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

island-dweller; islander

Hypernyms ("islander" is a kind of...):

denizen; dweller; habitant; indweller; inhabitant (a person who inhabits a particular place)

Derivation:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

 Context examples 

But the islanders were ready and eager for the encounter.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But you know what these islanders of yours are, Sir Nigel.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Why should you give way to these mad islanders?

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Under the royal banners rode many a bold Gascon baron and many a hot-blooded islander.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The clang of blows, the cries of the stricken, the short, deep shout of the islanders, and the fierce whoops of the rovers, rose together in a deafening tumult, while the breath of the panting men went up in the wintry air like the smoke from a furnace.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)