zealander

«zealander» in Mova's school dictionary: mostly part of «New Zealander», a person who comes from… — 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, fragment of «New Zealander» (a New Zealander, New Zealanders)

meaning for a pupil

1) «Zealander» is mostly part of «New Zealander», a person who comes from New Zealand. tree →

2) On its own, a Zealander is a person from Zealand, a region of Denmark or the Netherlands (Zeeland). tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography lessons and everyday life, New Zealanders live in New Zealand, a country in the Pacific Ocean south-east of Australia; they are often called «Kiwis». The first people of New Zealand are the Māori. Phrases: «New Zealander», «a fellow New Zealander».

examples

• My penfriend is a New Zealander from Auckland. tree →
• New Zealanders are often called Kiwis. tree →
• Many New Zealanders love rugby. tree →
• The famous climber was a New Zealander. tree →
• Zealand is an island in Denmark, so a Zealander lives there. tree →
• Our class talked to New Zealanders on a video call. tree →

note

Always write it with a capital letter: «New Zealander». On its own, «zealander» is almost always a fragment of «New Zealander». «Kiwi» is a friendly nickname, also the name of a bird and a fruit.

In the corpora

• Indigenous populations fell in many places after contact but are growing again; about 1 in 6 New Zealanders is Māori.

Trees and pragmatics

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