Meanings
nouninlander (plural inlanders)
plural inlanders
- Someone who lives inland.
Inlanders all, they come from lanes and alleys, streets and avenues--north, east, south, and west.
1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC
Origin
From inland + -er. Compare Old English inlenda (“inhabitant; native”), German Inländer (“native inhabitant”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch binnenlander
- binnenlandersomeone who lives inland
German Binnenländer
- Binnenländersomeone who lives inland
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APA
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