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Definition of Island-dweller

1. Noun. An inhabitant of an island.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Island-dweller

Literary usage of Island-dweller

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Old and Middle English Reader on the Basis of Prof. Julius Zupitza's Alt by George Edwin MacLean, Julius Zupitza (1921)
"... island-dweller, islander Vin. 93. ieg-land, ég-, éig-, ig-, ME. iland, sn., [ie-g, lit. belonging to water, (99) <»ea-g (111) <T. *ag(w)-jo- (258 N. 4) ..."

2. Euripides by Euripides (1912)
"IOLAUS Strangers, no island-dweller's life is mini1 ; From proud Mycenae come we to thy land. CHORUS And by what name, ancient of days, did they call Thee, ..."

3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1884)
"... joy at this information are over, asks in his turn the name of the island-dweller who speaks of himself as a sharer in the great armament against Troy. ..."

4. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1844)
"... huge bipd standing over ten feet and weighing about 1000 Ibs. This island dweller of the Indian Ocean is believed to be lifting elephants in its talons. ..."

5. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803;: Explorations by Early Navigators by Edward Gaylord Bourne (1903)
"... preserve their ancient lore through songs, which they sing in a very pleasing manner - commonly while plying their oars, as they are island-dweller*. ..."

6. Origines Islandicae: A Collection of the More Important Sagas and Other by Frederick York Powell, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1905)
"... [the island-dweller], the sister of Ord-laug. From all of them are many men come. 5. Now are written the settlements in the East-frith-folk Quarter, ..."

7. A Souvenir of the Thousand Islands of the St. Lawrence River: From Kingston by John A. Haddock (1895)
"... CHRIS WOLF, an island-dweller and ever a welcome comrade. The quiet, unobtrusive HICKS, with pleasant wife and daughter, not only guards, but makes, ..."

8. An Old and Middle English Reader on the Basis of Prof. Julius Zupitza's Alt by George Edwin MacLean, Julius Zupitza (1921)
"... island-dweller, islander Vin. 93. ieg-land, ég-, éig-, ig-, ME. iland, sn., [ie-g, lit. belonging to water, (99) <»ea-g (111) <T. *ag(w)-jo- (258 N. 4) ..."

9. Euripides by Euripides (1912)
"IOLAUS Strangers, no island-dweller's life is mini1 ; From proud Mycenae come we to thy land. CHORUS And by what name, ancient of days, did they call Thee, ..."

10. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1884)
"... joy at this information are over, asks in his turn the name of the island-dweller who speaks of himself as a sharer in the great armament against Troy. ..."

11. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1844)
"... huge bipd standing over ten feet and weighing about 1000 Ibs. This island dweller of the Indian Ocean is believed to be lifting elephants in its talons. ..."

12. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803;: Explorations by Early Navigators by Edward Gaylord Bourne (1903)
"... preserve their ancient lore through songs, which they sing in a very pleasing manner - commonly while plying their oars, as they are island-dweller*. ..."

13. Origines Islandicae: A Collection of the More Important Sagas and Other by Frederick York Powell, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1905)
"... [the island-dweller], the sister of Ord-laug. From all of them are many men come. 5. Now are written the settlements in the East-frith-folk Quarter, ..."

14. A Souvenir of the Thousand Islands of the St. Lawrence River: From Kingston by John A. Haddock (1895)
"... CHRIS WOLF, an island-dweller and ever a welcome comrade. The quiet, unobtrusive HICKS, with pleasant wife and daughter, not only guards, but makes, ..."

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