Channel Islandern.
/ˌtʃanl ˈʌɪləndə/, U.S. /ˌtʃænəl ˈaɪləndər/ A native or inhabitant of any of the Channel Islands (cf. Channel Islands n.).
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1834 Age 7 Sept. 286/1 The conduct of the Channel Islanders, the Jersey and Guernseymen, requires the attention of his Majesty's Ministers.
1992 Radio Times 16 May 107/3 As a Channel Islander who had lived under German rule during the Occupation, I had been aware of the many facets of war.
2020 bailiwickexpress.com (Jersey ed.) 8 June (online newspaper, accessed 24 June 2020) Holidaying at home isn't Guernsey residents' only option—Sark has said it will allow all other Channel Islanders, except those from Jersey, to visit.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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Channel Islander
A native or inhabitant of an island. Also in combinations, as Channel Islander. South Sea Islander: see as main entry.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > dweller on island
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?1553–77 Life Fisher (Harl. 6382) (1921) 36 Lyke the nature of Islanders that commonly be changeable and desirous of novelties.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 709 In S. Marie..they buried one of their dead men, the Ilanders being present.
1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) III. 392 We are islanders, and our life and soul is traffic.
1714 Stanhope (title) The Early Conversion of Islanders, a wise expedient for propagating Christianity; on Isa. lx. 9.
1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey V. xxiv. 307 Some surly Islander, of manners rude.
1897 W. E. Gladstone E. Crisis 10 Into one more of these struggles the gallant islanders have now entered.
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