Word Meanings - ISLANDER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An inhabitant of an island.

ISLANDY
Of or pertaining to islands; full of islands. Cotgrave.
ISLANDER
An inhabitant of an island.
INHABITANT
One who has a legal settlement in a town, city, or parish; a permanent resident. (more info) 1. One who dwells or resides permanently in a place, as distinguished from a transient lodger or visitor; as, an inhabitant of a house, a town, a city,
ISLAND
See JOY (more info) land, lond, land. AS. ig, , is akin to AS. eá water, river, OHG. , G. au meadow, Icel. ey island, Dan. & Sw. ö, Goth. ahwa a stream, water, L. aqua water. The s is due to confusion with
DEMI-ISLAND
Peninsula. Knolles.
NONINHABITANT
One who is not an inhabitant; a stranger; a foreigner; a nonresident.
COINHABITANT
One who dwells with another, or with others. "Coinhabitants of the same element." Dr. H. More.
SEA-ISLAND
Of or pertaining to certain islands along the coast of South Carolina and Georgia; as, sea-island cotton, a superior cotton of long fiber produced on those islands.