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Icelander

Icelander

5 1.8
A person born in or living in Iceland
  • noun
  • /ˈaɪˌklændər/
: islandés
  • Then the only Icelander in the crowd walked over the Tiber River.
  • sagas of Icelanders

Examples

  • In that land of fire and ice, I found Icelanders who could tell me about the way the winters used to be.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Over the past 30 years, soil conservation efforts have changed the way Icelanders run their farms.

    Academic text (2007)
  • -The Icelander teaches us a lesson.

  • " Thank God there were no Icelanders present," she said.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Next, he told them the story of the two other Icelanders he had seen in Rome.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Since the Icelanders were expecting such an event, however, no one was hurt.

    Academic text (2002)
  • According to the sagas, the first Icelanders were political refugees.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Why, if Icelanders are so little interested in church services, are they so universally interested in confirmation?

    Academic text (1995)
  • We must hope that, as a result, Icelanders will continue to live safely in the domain of these rumbling giants.

    Academic text (2002)
  • An Icelander named Bjorn shared traditional stories of his homeland during the festival.

Surface Forms

Icelander singular
Icelanders plural

Morphology

Icelander = Iceland (transparent) = Iceland + er

Formed by the place name 'Iceland' plus the productive agentive suffix '-er' meaning 'person from', so the meaning is directly derivable.

Etymology

Icelander comes from Iceland, which is made of ice and land and means 'ice land'. The ending -er means 'person from', so an Icelander is a person from Iceland.