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First published 2018

Zealandernoun1

  1. 1663–
    A native or inhabitant of the Danish island of Zealand.
    1. 1663
      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.].
      D. Collins, translation of M. P. Escholt, Geologia Norvegica vi. 72
    2. 1694
      Sueno and Canute, the first having on his side the Zealanders, and Inhabitants of Schonen, the latter the Jutlanders.
      J. Crull, Denmark Vindicated 182
    3. 1761
      The Zealanders..espoused the cause of Swen, son to Eric Emund, and chose him for their king.
      Modern Part of Universal History vol. XXXII. v. 134
    4. 1848
      Jutes, Sealanders, and Angles conversed like sons of the same people in good Danish.
      translation of C. F. Allen, On Nationality & Lang. in Duchy of Sleswick or S. Jutland viii. 84
    5. 1891
      The patois differs in every province, so that the Zealanders have a distinct dialect from the Jutlanders.
      Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 28 December 5/1
    6. 1915
      The Zeelanders and natives of Funan are of a more happy-go-lucky nature.
      Rep. 19th Ann. Meeting U.S. Live Stock Sanitary Association 156
    7. 1988
      Living in Denmark's International Kollegium, I have felt the repercussions of a clash between Jutlanders and Zealanders.
      Garden City (Kansas) Telegram 12 May 16b
    8. 2014
      Where Poulsen was a Zealander, from just outside Copenhagen, Margarethe was a country girl from Fyn.
      C. Galt, Biblical xiii. 108

Zealander, n.¹ was first published in June 2018.

Zealander, n.¹ was last modified in September 2024.