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Shetlander

Shetlander noun: a native or inhabitant of the Shetland Islands.

Noun

Shetlander (plural Shetlanders)

  1. A native or inhabitant of the Shetland Islands.
    • The Shetlanders believe in two kinds of Trows, as they call the Scandinavian Trolls, those of the land and those of the sea.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 260

Forms of Shetlander

pluralShetlanders

Origin of Shetlander

From Shetland + -er.

Questions about Shetlander

What does Shetlander mean?
Shetlander means a native or inhabitant of the Shetland Islands.
What part of speech is Shetlander?
Shetlander is a noun.
What is the plural of Shetlander?
The plural of Shetlander is Shetlanders.

Words near Shetlander in the dictionary

  1. Shetland ponies
  2. Shetland pony
  3. Shetland sheepdog
  4. Shetland sheepdogs
  5. Shetland wool
  6. Shetlander
  7. Shetlanders
  8. Shetlandian
  9. Shetlandic
  10. Shetlandish
  11. shetlands

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