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Queenslanders

Queenslanders is the plural of Queenslander.

Meaning of Queenslander

Noun

Queenslander (plural Queenslanders)

  1. A native or inhabitant of Queensland, Australia.
    • "An' what about your Queenslander?" the Australian asked.1926, Rudyard Kipling, “A Friend of the Family”, in Debits and Credits, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, →OCLC, page 268
  2. (Australia) A house built in an architectural style found in Queensland, characterized by being raised up on stumps about two metres off the ground, and having wide verandahs around it.
    • Originally built in 1907 and designed by New Zealand-born architect R[obert] S[mith] (Robin) Dods, Alma-den was a high-set Queenslander, with a large verandah around three sides of the house. Underneath in the front, Ted had a small study-cum-library-cum-hobby space, and from the time the family...1994, Ross Fitzgerald, “Labour in Power, 1915–1919”, in “Red Ted”: The Life of E. G. Theodore, St. Lucia, Qld.: University of Queensland Press, →ISBN, page 74

Questions about Queenslanders

What is Queenslanders the plural of?
Queenslanders is the plural of Queenslander.

Words near Queenslanders in the dictionary

  1. Queensland tiger
  2. Queensland tigers
  3. Queensland walnut
  4. Queensland walnuts
  5. Queenslander
  6. Queenslanders
  7. Queenstown
  8. Queensville
  9. queensware
  10. Queensway
  11. queenward

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