Meanings
nounShetlander (plural Shetlanders)
plural Shetlanders
- A native or inhabitant of the Shetland Islands.
The Shetlanders believe in two kinds of Trows, as they call the Scandinavian Trolls, those of the land and those of the sea.
1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 260
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 設德蘭人 /设德兰人, 設得蘭人 /设得兰人
- 設德蘭人 /设德兰人 (Shèdelánrén)person from the Shetland Islands
- 設得蘭人 /设得兰人 (Shèdelánrén)person from the Shetland Islands
Dutch Shetlander
- Shetlanderperson from the Shetland Islands
Finnish shetlantilainen
- shetlantilainenperson from the Shetland Islands
French Shetlandais, Shetlandaise
- Shetlandaisperson from the Shetland Islands
- Shetlandaiseperson from the Shetland Islands
German Shetländer, Shetländerin
- Shetländerperson from the Shetland Islands
- Shetländerinperson from the Shetland Islands
Norwegian Bokmål shetlender, shetlending
- shetlenderperson from the Shetland Islands
- shetlendingperson from the Shetland Islands
Polish Szetlandczyk, Szetlandka
- Szetlandczykperson from the Shetland Islands
- Szetlandkaperson from the Shetland Islands
Russian шетла́ндец
- шетла́ндец (šetlándec)person from the Shetland Islands
Slovak Shetlanďan, Shetlanďanka
- Shetlanďanperson from the Shetland Islands
- Shetlanďankaperson from the Shetland Islands
Swedish shetländare, shetlänning
- shetländareperson from the Shetland Islands
- shetlänningperson from the Shetland Islands
Cite this entry
APA
Shetlander. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shetlander
MLA
“Shetlander.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shetlander. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Shetlander,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shetlander.
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