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# islander

«islander» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who lives on an island, or was born on one** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an islander, islanders)

### meaning for a pupil

An islander is a person who lives on an island, or was born on one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/islander/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Geography and stories: Pacific Islanders, Torres Strait Islanders in Australia, Channel Islanders, people of the Scottish islands. It tells the reader where someone lives and often about ferries, fishing and the sea.

### examples

- The islanders take the ferry to the mainland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/islander/#x1)
- Torres Strait Islanders are one of Australia's First Peoples. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/islander/#x2)
- The islanders welcomed the visitors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/islander/#x3)
- She is a proud islander from Orkney. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/islander/#x4)
- The islanders fish and grow vegetables. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/islander/#x5)
- Pacific Islanders sailed great distances in canoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/islander/#x6)
- All this Sentaro soon found out by talking to the islanders. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/islander/#x7)

### note

Silent «s»: «EYE-lan-der». Plural: islanders. Capital letter in names like «Torres Strait Islander», «Pacific Islander».

### In the corpora

- [Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Māori and Native American peoples are the first peoples of their lands, and their cultures deserve respect.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/227-older-people-and-disabilities/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «islander» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/islander/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.