mainlandern.
/ˈmeɪnləndə/, /ˈmeɪnlandə/, U.S. /ˈmeɪnˌlændər/, /ˈmeɪnləndər/ A native or inhabitant of the mainland.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > dweller on mainland
mainlander1860
1860 J. G. Palfrey Hist. New Eng. II. 359 The mainlanders and the islanders.
1882 A. J. Evans Antiqarian Res. Illyricum in Archaeologia (1884) 48 17 We find a self-governing community, waging war with the Illyrian mainlanders.
1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 56 A thing that differentiates them more than any other characteristic from the mainlanders.
1914 T. M. Hogan & H. Gye Tight Little Island 55 There is a strange thing about the Island girl—she almost invariably marries a mainlander.
1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 45 Mainlander, a person living on the Aust. continent, in contrast to one living in Tasmania or an island dependency.
1969 Times 9 Dec. (Taiwan Suppl.) p. iii/2 Taiwan's population today is 13.6m.—10.1m. native-born Taiwanese and 3.5m. mainlanders.
1991 Aloha Feb. 17/3 It gives the Mainlanders reason to make their dreams of vacationing, or in my case, moving there, come true.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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n.1860- to give a rattle
- to give a re-rub
- to give a reason
- to give a record a re-rub
- to give a record a rerub
- to give a repulse
- to give a rerub
- to give a rest
- to give a ring
- to give a rocket
- to give a roland for an oliver
- to give a room a good sweep
- to give a rough ride
- to give a rouse
- to give a run for etc money
- to give a run for her money
- to give a run for his money
- to give a runaround
- to give a rush
- to give a sail a rap full
- to give a scolding
- to give a seeing to
- to give a semblant
- to give a semblant of
- to give a serve