单词 | zealander |
释义 | Zealandern.1 A native or inhabitant of the Danish island of Zealand. ΚΠ 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 Now rare. A native or inhabitant of New Zealand; (originally) spec. †a Maori (obsolete). Cf. New Zealander n. ΘΚΠ 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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