Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A native or an inhabitant of Iceland.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A native, or one of the Scandinavian people, of Iceland.
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- noun A person from
Iceland or ofIcelandic descent.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a native or inhabitant of Iceland
Etymologies
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Examples
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Björk, by far the world’s most famous Icelander, is launching a new venture capital fund hoping to save her economically distressed island home: “Audur Capital will oversee the fund’s day-to-day dealings, directing an initial investment of 100m Icelandic krona (£575,000) toward sustainable, environmentally-friendly businesses.”
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The Icelander is the largest hawk that is known, and highly esteemed by falconers, especially for its great powers and tractable disposition.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 339, November 8, 1828 Various
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The Icelander is a Hornets legend for his goalscoring exploits during his first spell at Vicarage Road, and having fallen down the pecking order at Rangers he rejoined his old club in September.
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The Icelander was the deepest of the central trio of midfielders, the man designated to collect the ball from his centre-halves and prompt Burnley's forays upfield.
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1605: They've started again at West Ham too - apologies for the Jussi Jaaskelainen 'Icelander' references, I hope they've been wiped from the record.
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The Icelander won plaudits from UK health professionals by walking on to the stage of a National Obesity Forum conference on his hands.
LazyTown and Sportacus join drive to improve children's health 2011
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I guess each Icelander will be saddled with millions in debt … urgs Says:
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But Spurs have decided against bidding for the Icelander, and, with the player out of favour with Monaco, Stoke have offered him a return to the Premier League.
Stoke City confirm interest in Monaco striker Eidur Gudjohnsen 2010
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"It's proof that each and every Icelander can hope to excel internationally, whether it is in science or business or arts or sport."
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In 1975 Icelandic trawlers appeared on Rutland Water and began to harvest our fish with the intention of taking them back to Reykjavik to be salted, dried or whatever Johnny Icelander does with les fruits de mer.
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