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hinterlander

hinterlander noun: one who lives in the hinterland.

Noun

hinterlander (plural hinterlanders)

  1. One who lives in the hinterland.
    • The enduring suspicion of some rural hinterlanders is that the Northwest’s precious environment, of mountains, forest, ocean, is merely an urban weekend amenity, to be saved from the local yokels by crusading Seattleites who recoil from the prospect of actually living in it.2007 August 5, Jonathan Raban, “When Loggers Become Bloggers”, in New York Times

Forms of hinterlander

pluralhinterlanders

Origin of hinterlander

From hinterland + -er.

Questions about hinterlander

What does hinterlander mean?
Hinterlander means one who lives in the hinterland.
What part of speech is hinterlander?
Hinterlander is a noun.
What is the plural of hinterlander?
The plural of hinterlander is hinterlanders.

Words near hinterlander in the dictionary

  1. hintedly
  2. hintend
  3. hintends
  4. hinter
  5. hinterland
  6. hinterlander
  7. hinterlanders
  8. hinterlands
  9. Hintermeier
  10. Hintermeiers
  11. hintermost

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