islander

«islander» in Mova's school dictionary: a person who lives on an island, or was born on one — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an islander, islanders)

meaning for a pupil

An islander is a person who lives on an island, or was born on one. tree →

sense in the lessons

Geography and stories: Pacific Islanders, Torres Strait Islanders in Australia, Channel Islanders, people of the Scottish islands. It tells the reader where someone lives and often about ferries, fishing and the sea.

examples

• The islanders take the ferry to the mainland. tree →
• Torres Strait Islanders are one of Australia's First Peoples. tree →
• The islanders welcomed the visitors. tree →
• She is a proud islander from Orkney. tree →
• The islanders fish and grow vegetables. tree →
• Pacific Islanders sailed great distances in canoes. tree →
• All this Sentaro soon found out by talking to the islanders. tree →

note

Silent «s»: «EYE-lan-der». Plural: islanders. Capital letter in names like «Torres Strait Islander», «Pacific Islander».

In the corpora

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Māori and Native American peoples are the first peoples of their lands, and their cultures deserve respect.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «islander» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.