Used in a Sentence

islander

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for islander.

Editorial note

The proof relies on the fact that each islander knows what the other islanders have deduced by each day.

Examples18
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A person who lives on an island.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of islander gathered in one view.

noun

A person who lives on an island.

noun

Ellipsis of Prince Edward Islander. [A native or inhabitant of the province of Prince Edward Island, Canada.]

noun

Ellipsis of Vancouver Islander. [A native or inhabitant of Vancouver Island.]

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for islander.

noun

A person who lives on an island.

noun

Ellipsis of Prince Edward Islander. [A native or inhabitant of the province of Prince Edward Island, Canada.]

noun

Ellipsis of Vancouver Islander. [A native or inhabitant of Vancouver Island.]

noun

Ellipsis of Pacific Islander. [A person who resides in or originates from Samoa, Tonga, Tokelau, Niue, Cook Islands or any other Pacific island.]

Example sentences

1

The proof relies on the fact that each islander knows what the other islanders have deduced by each day.

2

And now his ownership could be transferred to another rich islander, and then to another, just as with any other stone.

3

Because they are accepting students with test scores WAY below those of the superior test scores of the asian pacific islander visual demographic.

4

I suppose the graphics cards could only have been headed by a Pacific Islander then?

5

(they used to be almost exclusively black, now it's partially black and partially hispanic and partially pacific islander).

6

Unfortunately, it looks like American Islander now has a destination of San Diego, which would seem to make it unlikely that the stage will be recovered intact.

7

American Islander is indeed returning to San Diego.

8

We have only slight evidence to make any sort of judgement, that evidence being that every time a non-islander has gone near them, the visitor has been repelled or avoided.

9

It turns out that if you go and study Pacific Islander populations where all they eat (three meals, 7 days a week) is fish, then there's nothing wrong with their kids.

10

I consider myself European first, British Islander second.

11

Note that if the guru went to each islander one by one and told them individually that there is a blue-eyed person, they do not learn anything new about the other islanders and nobody would leave.

12

Exactly this; ProblemFactory has shown how the guru provides directly actionable information for the simplest case of the problem (1 blue eyed islander) and also highlighted the inductive step that leads to a proof for any number of blue eyed islanders.

Quote examples

1

If he goes to each islander individually and says "some of you have blue eyes" then it doesn't work.

2

I love the image of Tom Hanks when he's turned into the lean and mean "Islander / Survivor" and is spear fishing for survival.

3

I'm a pacific islander and an "enrichment fellow" at some physics graduate program somewhere.

4

For those of you who also missed it on the first pass, the "Islander" circle (under the "Islands" header) is clickable.

Proper noun examples

1

Only 160 of the 8904 survey respondents are Asian or Pacific Islander.

2

Additional block-group census variables include neighborhood racial/ethnic composition (the proportion of the block group that is Hispanic, African American, Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander, and Asian); median family income; and the median age of individuals in the block group.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use islander in a sentence?

The proof relies on the fact that each islander knows what the other islanders have deduced by each day.

What does islander mean?

A person who lives on an island.

What part of speech is islander?

islander is commonly used as noun.