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is·land·er

(ī′lən-dər)

An inhabitant of an island.

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islander

(ˈaɪləndə)

1. a native or inhabitant of an island

2. (capital) NZ a native or inhabitant of the Pacific Islands

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

is•land•er

(ˈaɪ lən dər)

n.

a native or inhabitant of an island.

[1540–50]

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Noun

islander - an inhabitant of an island

island-dweller

denizen, dweller, habitant, inhabitant, indweller - a person who inhabits a particular place

Translations

ساكِن جَزيرَه

ostrovan-ka

øbo

Inselbewohner Insulaner

insulaire

szigetlakó

eyjaskeggi

ostrovan

ada halkıadalı

岛民

islander

[ˈaɪləndəʳ] N → isleño/a m/f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

islander

[ˈaɪləndə^r] 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 îleisland 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.

2. (also traffic island) a traffic-free area, built in the middle of a street, for pedestrians to stand on.

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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.

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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.

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The men were dark-skinned, and larger than Solomon Islanders, but the woman, he could plainly see, was white.

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But if Ovie Soko and India Reynolds are crowned this year's champions, it will be the first time that a winning couple won't feature an original Islander.

Love Island Ovie and India will break a record if they are crowned 2019 winners; Could Ovie Soko and India Reynolds manage to beat Tommy Fury and Molly-Mae Hague to win the Love Island crown?

PCG spokesman Captain Armand Balilo said their Islander plane left Puerto Princesa City in Palawan and flew over Kalayaan Island.

PCG resumes surveillance patrols in Scarborough

The Industry Super Fund launched an Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) at the Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM) conference last month.