Definition of islander
:a native or inhabitant of an island
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Mental health professionals are urging islanders to find ways to stay calm, the Pacific Daily News reported Friday.
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Such tools are best for scraping and cutting plant fibers, suggesting that the islanders were processing agave into fishing lines and nets.
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By the time another eclipse appeared in 2015, the clothes, and the islanders, were outside to see it.
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That’s where D’Andrea and his colleagues hope to learn more about when the Lofoten islanders first took up agriculture and how their farming habits changed over the years.
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An islander on Denmark's Faroe Islands used 360-degree cameras strapped to sheep to map the rocky archipelago, while divers in Australia recorded the Great Barrier Reef with an underwater camera submarine.
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For those beleaguered islanders, Kevin Esvelt has an offer.
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Islanders have long maintained that the two flyers crash-landed there.
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Cooperation between aviator and islanders, few of whom realized that war had erupted, ended when Nishikaichi took a local woman hostage.
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First Known Use of islander
circa 1550
ISLANDER Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of islander for English Language Learners
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: a person born or living on an island
ISLANDER Defined for Kids
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Definition of islander for Students
:a person who lives on an island
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