Laplander

English

Etymology

From Lapland +‎ -er.

Noun

Laplander (plural Laplanders)

  1. A native or inhabitant of Swedish historical province Lapland
  2. A native or inhabitant of Finnish historical province Lapland
  3. (derogatory, proscribed) A Sami.
    • 2013, Norm Macdonald Live, season 1, episode 7, spoken by Norm Macdonald:
      They say there's no people like show people, but now scientists have found that show people are genetically linked to the Laplanders and the Finns.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.