Icelander

//ˈaɪs.lənd.ə// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person from Iceland or of Icelandic descent.
  2. 2
    a native or inhabitant of Iceland wordnet

Example

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"I come from Iceland. I'm an Icelander, and I speak Icelandic and English."

Etymology

From Iceland + -er. Displaced older Middle English Iselandman (“Icelander”, literally “Iceland man, Iceland person”).

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