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is·land·er

(ī′lən-dər)
n.
An inhabitant of an island.
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islander

(ˈaɪləndə)
n
1. a native or inhabitant of an island
2. (capital) NZ a native or inhabitant of the Pacific Islands
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is•land•er

(ˈaɪ lən dər)

n.
a native or inhabitant of an island.
[1540–50]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:islander - an inhabitant of an island]islander - an inhabitant of an island
denizen, dweller, habitant, inhabitant, indweller - a person who inhabits a particular place
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Translations
ساكِن جَزيرَه
ostrovan-ka
øbo
szigetlakó
eyjaskeggi
ostrovan
ada halkıadalı

islander

[ˈaɪləndəʳ] N → isleño/a m/f
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islander

[ˈaɪləndər] n → habitant(e) m/f de l'île, insulaire mf
The islanders endured centuries of exploitation → Les habitants de l'île ont enduré des siècles d'exploitation.island-hopping [ˈaɪləndhɒpɪŋ] n
to go island-hopping → aller d'île en île island nation n → nation f insulaire
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

islander

n → Insulaner(in) m(f), → Inselbewohner(in) m(f)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

islander

[ˈaɪləndəʳ] n → isolano/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

island

(ˈailənd) noun
1. a piece of land surrounded by water. The island lay a mile off the coast. eiland جَزيرَه остров ilha ostrov die Insel ø νησί isla saar جزیره saari île אי द्वीप otok sziget pulau eyja isola 島 섬 sala sala pulau eiland øy wyspa جزيره ilha insulă остров ostrov otok ostrvo ö เกาะ ada 島 острів جزیرہ hòn đảo 岛
2. (also traffic island) a traffic-free area, built in the middle of a street, for pedestrians to stand on. eiland جَزيرَة سَيْر остров (че) за пешеходци canteiro refýž die Verkehrsinsel trafikø νησίδα isla de peatones ohutussaar سکوی ایمنی liikenteenjakaja refuge אִי תְנוּעָה otok za pješake járdasziget jalur tengah umferðareyja isola pedonale 安全地帯 3 (횡단로 가운데의) 안전 지대 saugumo salelė drošības saliņa pulau pembahagi lalu lintas vluchtheuvel trafikkøy wysepka ترافيكى جزيره د سرك په سر په سپينو خطونو رسم وې área de peões refugiu (pentru pietoni) островок безопасности (nástupný) ostrovček prometni otok pešačko ostrvo refug เกาะกลางถนน röfüj, orta kaldırım 安全島 острівець безпеки ٹریفک کے بیچ پیدل چلنے والوں کے کھڑے ہونے کی جگہ chỗ đứng tránh của người đi bộ 安全岛
ˈislander noun
eiland bewoner ساكِن جَزيرَه островитянин ilhéu ostrovan, -ka der/die Inselbewohner(in) øbo νησιώτης isleño saarlane ساکن جزیره saaristolainen insulaire תוֹשָב אִי द्वीपवासी otočanin szigetlakó penduduk pulau eyjaskeggi isolano 島民 섬사람 salos gyventojas salinieks penduduk pulau eilandbewoner øyboer wyspiarz د جزيرى اوسيدونكى ilhéu insular островитянин ostrovan, -ka otočan ostrvljanin öbo ชาวเกาะ adalı, ada halkı 島民 остров'янин کسی جزیرے کا باشندہ người ở đảo 岛民
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The veteran islander performed his promise faithfully, and pointed out the very spot where the unfortunate discoverer fell.
The Sandwich Islanders, when first discovered, evinced a character superior to most of the savages of the Pacific isles.
At the time of the visit of the Tonquin, the islanders had profited, in many respects, by occasional intercourse with white men; and had shown a quickness to observe and cultivate those arts important to their mode of living.
On the morning after her arrival, the ship was surrounded by canoes and pirogues, filled with the islanders of both sexes, bringing off supplies of fruits and vegetables, bananas, plantains, watermelons, yams, cabbages and taro.
The islanders are a comely race, of a copper complexion.
Presently it betrayed a pair of eyes, and soon I became aware that what I had supposed to have been one of the fruit was nothing else than the head of an islander, who had adopted this singular method of bringing his produce to market.
You would have thought the islanders were on the point of flying at each other's throats, whereas they were only amicably engaged in disentangling their boats.
We had approached within a mile and a half perhaps of this foot of the bay, when some of the islanders, who by this time had managed to scramble aboard of us at the risk of swamping their canoes, directed our attention to a singular commotion in the water ahead of the vessel.
The men were dark-skinned, and larger than Solomon Islanders, but the woman, he could plainly see, was white.
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