Kelpern.adj.

/ˈkɛlpə/

Forms: Also kelper.

Etymology: < kelp n.¹ + -er suffix¹.

A. n.

The name given locally to a native or inhabitant of the Falkland Islands, the shores of which abound in kelp.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Southern Atlantic Islands > [noun]

Sandwicher1817

yam-stock1833

Falklander1850

Tristanite1910

Tristanian1929

St. Helenian1938

Kelper1960

saint1983

1960 M. B. R. Cawkell et al. Falkland Islands viii. 93 Improved sanitation and street lighting, main drainage and a telephone exchange, were improvements the Kelper's business-like nature could readily appreciate.

1960 E. R. Pettingill Penguin Summer (1962) i. 7 Some of them were native Falklanders—‘Kelpers’, they called themselves.

1971 Daily Tel. 19 Jan. 10/4 Successive British Governments have laid it down firmly that the ‘kelpers’, all 2,000 of them, must decide their own destiny.

B. adj.

Of or pertaining to a Kelper.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Southern Atlantic Islands > [adjective]

Kelper1968

1968 Economist 7 Dec. 33/2 More and more [Falkland Islands] young people are emigrating to New Zealand to escape the isolated monotony of kelper life.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

ˈkelper n. a maker of kelp.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other manufactured materials > [noun] > of other materials

mortar-maker1359

wax-maker1515

petre man1594

saltpetre-maker1611

starch man1699

varnish-maker1753

icemaker1775

kelper1808

black lead maker1813

bone man1834

kelp-burner1845

black-salter1866

1808 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. V. 100 The kelpers might employ their time between tides.

1895 Longman's Mag. Nov. 33 The kelper's year may be reckoned from mid November.

单词	kelper
释义	Kelpern.adj. /ˈkɛlpə/ Forms: Also kelper. Etymology: < kelp n.¹ + -er suffix¹. A. n. The name given locally to a native or inhabitant of the Falkland Islands, the shores of which abound in kelp. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Southern Atlantic Islands > [noun] Sandwicher1817 yam-stock1833 Falklander1850 Tristanite1910 Tristanian1929 St. Helenian1938 Kelper1960 saint1983 1960 M. B. R. Cawkell et al. Falkland Islands viii. 93 Improved sanitation and street lighting, main drainage and a telephone exchange, were improvements the Kelper's business-like nature could readily appreciate. 1960 E. R. Pettingill Penguin Summer (1962) i. 7 Some of them were native Falklanders—‘Kelpers’, they called themselves. 1971 Daily Tel. 19 Jan. 10/4 Successive British Governments have laid it down firmly that the ‘kelpers’, all 2,000 of them, must decide their own destiny. B. adj. Of or pertaining to a Kelper. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Southern Atlantic Islands > [adjective] Kelper1968 1968 Economist 7 Dec. 33/2 More and more [Falkland Islands] young people are emigrating to New Zealand to escape the isolated monotony of kelper life. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020). > as lemmas ˈkelper ˈkelper n. a maker of kelp. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other manufactured materials > [noun] > of other materials mortar-maker1359 wax-maker1515 petre man1594 saltpetre-maker1611 starch man1699 varnish-maker1753 icemaker1775 kelper1808 black lead maker1813 bone man1834 kelp-burner1845 black-salter1866 1808 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. V. 100 The kelpers might employ their time between tides. 1895 Longman's Mag. Nov. 33 The kelper's year may be reckoned from mid November. extracted from kelpn.¹ < n.adj.1960 as lemmas
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Kelpern.adj.

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