islander B2 Topic:People & Society US /ˈaɪləndɚ/ UK /ˈaɪləndə/ See IPA manual Freq #53113 Meanings 1 noun A person who lives on an island The islanders depend on fishing for their living. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who lives on an... island-dweller Word family Forms islanders Etymology AI details From island + -er. Displaced Middle English insulane (“islander”), from Latin īnsulānus (“islander”). Topics People & Society External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # islander **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈaɪləndɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈaɪləndə/ **Frequency rank:** 53113 ## Meanings 1. A person who lives on an island ## Examples - The islanders depend on fishing for their living. ## Etymology From island + -er. Displaced Middle English insulane (“islander”), from Latin īnsulānus (“islander”). ## AI Etymology Islander comes from island + -er. Displaced Middle English insulane (“islander”), from Latin īnsulānus (“islander”). The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. ## Topics - People & Society markdown