islander

[ ahy-luhn-der ]

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of an island.

islander

/ ˈaɪləndə /

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of an island
2. capital a native or inhabitant of the Pacific Islands

Word History and Origins

Origin of islander¹

First recorded in 1540–50; island + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Both the islands and the islanders are enigmatically incomparable.

From The Daily Beast

The only way to solve this puzzle is to adopt the perspective of the islanders.

From Time

Greenland’s extensive high-speed fiber-optic network has brought with it better access to streaming services, allowing younger islanders to binge-watch American TV series and movies, Broberg says.

From Time

To the islanders, all of the men are outsiders, strangers from other lands.

From Time

The military planes running on fossil fuels only pollute the air local islanders breathe.

From Vox

In his memoir, Belfort describes Danny Porush (the real Azoff) as a Jewish Long Islander with WASP pretensions.

From The Daily Beast

With her win, Hirono also became the first Asian/Pacific Islander American woman to be elected to the Senate.

From The Daily Beast

The field of Asian-American/Pacific Islander candidates has exploded in this political cycle.

From The Daily Beast

He was a bald islander who wore a hat and lots of gold jewelry.

From The Daily Beast

A Sandwich Islander appreciates this when he salutes a British crew in terms compounded of oaths and ribaldry.

From Project Gutenberg

They may do very well for St. Paul; in the case of an Andaman islander they mean less than nothing.

From Project Gutenberg

She showed no colors, but the old islander, once a whaler, declared that she was a British man-o'-war.

From Project Gutenberg

And third, never to intrust the care of youth to a cannibal heathen South Sea Islander.

From Project Gutenberg

None, said the Islander, was more deservedly respected, and by his death the world has lost one who was an honest and upright man.

From Project Gutenberg