Rhode Islander
- noun
- /ˈroʊd ˈaɪləndər/
- You have my commitment that I will continue fighting to protect the interests of all Rhode Islanders every day that I am Governor.
Examples
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This is exactly what government is supposed to do: build infrastructure that all Rhode Islanders pay for so that all Rhode Islanders can benefit.
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Just ask a true Rhode Islander for directions.
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Many Rhode Islanders have been impacted by the weather conditions.
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I know that the majority of Rhode Islanders do not take this attitude, but unfortunately, sometimes in a crisis, there are those who seek to take advantage of the situation.
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The new government had better things to do than educate itself about the different needs of Rhode Islanders and New Yorkers.
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Rhode Islanders' attempt to establish the first green state is only one of several state initiatives underway.
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Be that as it may, the stakes in the pension suit are extremely high: paying the full tab for the old system, if the courts bring it back, will cost Rhode Islanders about $300 million more this year alone.
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Rhode Islanders use about 150 million gallons of freshwater per day, four-fifths of which is from public supplies.
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To many Rhode Islanders, the availability of the quahaug, the state shellfish, symbolizes the quality of the bay's waters.
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Many Rhode Islanders enjoy celebrating their state's unique culture during the annual festival.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Rhode + islander
This is a straightforward demonymal composition: the proper-name place element (Rhode Island) combined with 'islander' (someone who resides on an island) yields 'a person from Rhode Island'. The formation follows a regular, cross-linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would be able to infer the meaning.
Etymology
Rhode Islander is the place name Rhode Island plus the ending -er that means a person from somewhere. So a Rhode Islander is 'a person who was born in or lives in Rhode Island'.