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Switzerlander

Switzerlander noun: someone from Switzerland or of Swiss descent.

Noun

Switzerlander (plural Switzerlanders)

  1. (uncommon) Someone from Switzerland or of Swiss descent.
    • The Switzerlanders could not then be certain in what point the rout had taken place ; but fugitives continued to arrive in great numbers, ſome of them having come even from Moreau’s head-quarters, which they had left on the 21ſt at Ulm.1799, An Impartial History of the War, from the Commencement of the Revolution in France, Manchester: Sowler and Russell, page 335

Forms of Switzerlander

pluralSwitzerlanders

Origin of Switzerlander

From Switzerland + -er.

Questions about Switzerlander

What does Switzerlander mean?
Switzerlander means someone from Switzerland or of Swiss descent.
What part of speech is Switzerlander?
Switzerlander is a noun.
What is the plural of Switzerlander?
The plural of Switzerlander is Switzerlanders.

Words near Switzerlander in the dictionary

  1. switzel
  2. Switzer
  3. switzerite
  4. Switzerland
  5. Switzerland County
  6. Switzerlander
  7. Switzerlanders
  8. Switzers
  9. swive
  10. swived
  11. swivel

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