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ˈIsleman rare. [f. isle n. + man.] = islesman, islander.
1814Scott Ld. of Isles iii. iii, The faith of Islemen ebbs and flows. 1817Campbell Reullura 98 Our islemen arose from slumbers, And buckled on their arms. 1882Standard 23 Jan. 5 These islemen, the Shetlanders,..constitute one of the finest races in the British empire. Ibid., The more Northern islemen very justly talk of ‘the Scotch’ as another race. |