Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who dwells on the mainland.

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  • noun Someone who lives on the mainland.

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Examples

  • So my experience is that those in that situation generally identify as mainlander and rarely as anything else.

    High Class Mainlanders Arrive In Taiwan Michael Turton 2009

  • Somehow no matter the fact that I am born in Taiwan and has a Taiwanese mother, I am still being called a mainlander by others and deemed untrustworthy.

    High Class Mainlanders Arrive In Taiwan Michael Turton 2009

  • Somehow no matter the fact that I am born in Taiwan and has a Taiwanese mother, I am still being called a mainlander by others and deemed untrustworthy.

    High Class Mainlanders Arrive In Taiwan Michael Turton 2009

  • Despite the widespread belief that Taiwan has an identity separate from China's, voters have consistently backed the so-called mainlander parties, including the Kuomintang KMT, which was long associated with violent repression of the democracy movement.

    Archive 2006-04-01 Michael Turton 2006

  • Despite the widespread belief that Taiwan has an identity separate from China's, voters have consistently backed the so-called mainlander parties, including the Kuomintang KMT, which was long associated with violent repression of the democracy movement.

    Taiwan's Fading Independence Movement? Or Robert Ross' Fading Understanding? Michael Turton 2006

  • But there is some nuance about this "mainlander" issue.

    High Class Mainlanders Arrive In Taiwan Michael Turton 2009

  • Lo Fu Chu created this gang while serving time where he could make connections with other small time local hoods in an effort to compete with the big "mainlander" gangs.

    Daily Links, Dec 19, 2008 Michael Turton 2008

  • The "mainlander" identity is entirely a political identity created by the KMT to split locals who otherwise had common interests, and divide and rule them.

    Taiwan's defense options Sun Bin 2005

  • They're easily distinguished from "mainlander" gangs - families of people who followed the defeated armies of Chiang Kai-shek to Taiwan after the Communist victory in the Chinese civil war in 1949 and served the Nationalists so faithfully during the martial law era.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009

  • They're easily distinguished from "mainlander" gangs - families of people who followed the defeated armies of Chiang Kai-shek to Taiwan after the Communist victory in the Chinese civil war in 1949 and served the Nationalists so faithfully during the martial law era.

    SFGate: Top News Stories By PETER ENAV, Associated Press Writer 2009

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