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Greenlander

Greenlander

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A person from Greenland
  • noun
  • /ˈɡriːnˌlændər/
: groenlandés
  • With these crude supplies, he risked a journey no native Greenlander had ever attempted, much less survived.
  • Greenlander boys

Examples

  • Some Greenlander boys only like Greenlander girls; others also like the Danish girls.

  • A new poll shows overwhelmingly the majority of Greenlanders reject Trump.

  • The fake Greenlander with her fine clothes and manners.

    Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)

  • The Greenlander boys are so beautiful.

Synonyms

Greenlandic
vsGreenlander
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A person from Greenland, often one of the native people

is used for any native or resident, not only indigenous people

Surface Forms

Greenlander singular
Greenlanders plural

Morphology

Greenlander = Greenland (transparent) = Greenland + er

A straightforward demonym formed by adding the productive suffix '-er' to the place name 'Greenland'; learners knowing the place can infer 'inhabitant of Greenland'.

Etymology

Greenlander is made from Greenland (green 'green' + land 'land') and the ending -er that means 'person from'. So a Greenlander is 'a native or inhabitant of Greenland'.