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Norlander

Norlander noun: a northerner; a person from the north country.

Noun

Norlander (plural Norlanders)

  1. A northerner; a person from the north country.
  2. A nanny or childcare specialist educated at Norland College, England (founded 1892).
    • The struggle for Norlanders is to be such a modern nanny while still encapsulating the ethos of the institution that, as the uniform alone attests, is undeniably retro.2023 April 29, Lou Stoppard, “Inside the world of the elite nanny”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC

Proper noun

Norlander (plural Norlanders)

  1. A surname from Swedish.

Forms of Norlander

Noun
pluralNorlanders
Proper noun
pluralNorlanders

Origin of Norlander

From Norland + -er.

Borrowed from Swedish Norlander.

Questions about Norlander

What does Norlander mean?
Norlander means a northerner; a person from the north country.
What part of speech is Norlander?
Norlander can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of Norlander?
The plural of Norlander is Norlanders.

Words near Norlander in the dictionary

  1. Norkin
  2. norks
  3. Norkus
  4. Norkuses
  5. Norland
  6. Norlander
  7. Norlanders
  8. Norlands
  9. Norlane
  10. norlapachol
  11. norlaudanosoline

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Norlander (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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