Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
Zealander

Zealander

5 9.3
A person who lives on the island of Zealand in Denmark
  • noun
: neozelandés
  • As a proud Zealander, she shared stories about her hometown and its beautiful landscapes.
  • New Zealanders

Examples

  • We have pop star and famous New Zealander Lord here tonight.

  • We later discovered they were made between the turn of the century and the late 1920s by an extraordinary New Zealander.

    Forgotten Silver (1997)

  • The New Zealander gave her a skeptical look.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Here, seen for the very first time, is the only motion picture film shot by a New Zealander at Gallipoli.

    Forgotten Silver (1997)

  • The New Zealander studied him for a moment, then shrugged.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Some may know that Professor McNaughton is a New Zealander, recently retired from the University of Auckland.

    Academic text (1993)

  • They are New Zealanders, part of our lost patrols.

    The Glory Brigade (1953)

  • In the 1960s, New Zealanders renamed the brown, fuzzy-skinned fruit after their national symbol, a native flightless bird.

    Academic text (1995)

  • During our trip to Denmark, we met a friendly Zealander who showed us around the island.

  • The exhibition featured artworks created by a talented Zealander from Zealand.

Synonyms

Dane
vsZealander
18 1.6

A person from Denmark

is limited to people from a specific island or region within Denmark

Surface Forms

Zealander singular
Zealanders plural

Morphology

Zealander = Zealand (transparent) = Zealand + er

Standard demonym formation: 'Zealand' + '-er' directly denotes a person from that place.

Etymology

The word Zealander comes from the place name Zealand plus the ending -er that means 'person from', like in New Yorker. Zealand is the large Danish island whose name once meant 'land by the sea', so a Zealander is simply someone from that island.