IRELANDER

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• IRELANDER (noun)
  The noun IRELANDER has 1 sense:

1. a native or inhabitant of Ireland

  Familiarity information: IRELANDER used as a noun is very rare.

• IRELANDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Ireland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Irelander; Irish person

Hypernyms ("Irelander" is a kind of...):

European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Irelander"):

Irishman (a man who is a native or inhabitant of Ireland)

Irishwoman (a woman who is a native or inhabitant of Ireland)

Dubliner (a resident of Dublin)

Holonyms ("Irelander" is a member of...):

Emerald Isle; Hibernia; Ireland (an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland)

Derivation:

Ireland (an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland)

Ireland (a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921)

 Context examples 

This man, he began, nodding feebly at the corpse —O'Brien were his name, a rank Irelander—this man and me got the canvas on her, meaning for to sail her back.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)