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LAPPLANDER
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• LAPPLANDER (noun)
The noun LAPPLANDER has 1 sense:
1. a member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer
Familiarity information: LAPPLANDER used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Lapp; Lapplander; Saame; Saami; Same; Sami
Hypernyms ("Lapplander" is a kind of...):
European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)
Holonyms ("Lapplander" is a member of...):
Lapland; Lappland (a region in northmost Europe inhabited by Lapps)
Derivation:
Lappland (a region in northmost Europe inhabited by Lapps)
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