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单词 zealander
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Zealandern.1

Brit. /ˈziːləndə/, U.S. /ˈziləndər/
Forms: 1600s 1800s– Sealander, 1600s– Zealander, 1800s– Zeelander.
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Zealand , -er suffix1.
Etymology: < Zealand (also Sealand, (now rare) Zeeland; Danish Sjælland , †Seeland , Old Danish Siæland , Sieland , etc.), the name of the largest island (excluding Greenland) in Denmark ( < a first element of uncertain and disputed origin + land land n.1) + -er suffix1.Compare Danish Sjællænder (18th cent. or earlier). The name of the Danish island is attested in English sources from at least the late 16th cent. Compare the following early example:1584 H. Llwyd & D. Powel Hist. Cambria 39 The kingdome of Denmarke had vnder it not onelie Denmarke..and the Ile of Sealand and Finnen [sc. Funen]..; but also Norway.
A native or inhabitant of the Danish island of Zealand.
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1663 D. Collins tr. M. P. Escholt Geologia Norvegica vi. 72 King Knute of Denmark raised all the power of his Country, caused the Schleswickers to prepare 130 Ships.., the Sealanders 120 [Da. aff Seeland, 120], [etc.].
1694 J. Crull Denmark Vindicated 182 Sueno and Canute, the first having on his side the Zealanders, and Inhabitants of Schonen, the latter the Jutlanders.
1761 Mod. Part Universal Hist. XXXII. v. 134 The Zealanders..espoused the cause of Swen, son to Eric Emund, and chose him for their king.
1848 tr. C. F. Allen On Nationality & Lang. in Duchy of Sleswick or S. Jutland viii. 84 Jutes, Sealanders, and Angles conversed like sons of the same people in good Danish.
1891 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 28 Dec. 5/1 The patois differs in every province, so that the Zealanders have a distinct dialect from the Jutlanders.
1915 Rep. 19th Ann. Meeting U.S. Live Stock Sanitary Assoc. 156 The Zeelanders and natives of Funan are of a more happy-go-lucky nature.
1988 Garden City (Kansas) Telegram 12 May 16 b Living in Denmark's International Kollegium, I have felt the repercussions of a clash between Jutlanders and Zealanders.
2014 C. Galt Biblical xiii. 108 Where Poulsen was a Zealander, from just outside Copenhagen, Margarethe was a country girl from Fyn.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

Zealandern.2

Brit. /ˈziːləndə/, U.S. /ˈziləndər/
Forms: 1700s Zeelander, 1800s– Zealander.
Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: New Zealander n.
Etymology: Short for New Zealander n.In form Zeelander probably after Zeelander n.
Now rare.
A native or inhabitant of New Zealand; (originally) spec. †a Maori (obsolete). Cf. New Zealander n.
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the world > people > ethnicities > New Zealand and Australian indigenous peoples > Maori > [noun]
New Zealander1770
Zealander1773
Maori1834
nigger1858
moa-hunter1870
Hori1933
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Antipodes > native or inhabitant of New Zealand > [noun]
Zealander1773
New Zealander1837
Maorilander1892
Pig Islander1909
dinkum1916
kiwi1918
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Antipodes > native or inhabitant of New Zealand > [noun] > original
Zealander1773
pre-Adamite1930
1773 W. Bayly Jrnl. 12 Apr. in R. McNab Hist. Rec. N.Z. (1914) II. 207 The Zeelanders never eat greens of any kind.
1821 M. Edgeworth Let. 7 Dec. (1971) 288 Captain Thompson..went some years ago to New Zealand and when he was taking leave of the Zealanders one of their chiefs consented to accompany him to England.
1838 Fraser's Mag. Feb. 152/2 My contemplations more particularly rested on a crocodile, a Cupid, an albatross, a Zealander's head, a magpie, an Indian god..or a canoe.
1949 E. Pound Pisan Cantos (new ed.) lxxx. 92 And persuaded an Aussie or Zealander or S. African To kneel with him in prayer.
2014 A. Pritchard Grand Prix Ferrari 276/2 In the race the Zealander found that he had lost some 1500rpm, but he battled with Surtees' Honda until he suspected that there was something wrong.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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