islander:
(plural: ‘islanders‘; pronunciation: the letter ‘i’ rhymes with the word “eye”; and the letter ‘s’ is silent; for the right pronunciation, please click here)
an island
a person (native/inhabitant) who lives on an island, usually on a small island and with a simple social system;
(usually with a capital ‘I’ — Islander) an original inhabitant of the islands in the Pacific Ocean (Pacific Islands), some of them still following a primitive way of life,
islanders fishing
Old Jimmy, an islander born and lived most of his life on a small island most of his life, found city life very confusing when he had to move from his island to stay with his son who had got a good job on the main land.
It is surprising to learn that most islanders on the remote Pacific islands have preserved their islands’ culture and customs in tact though they have had regular trade contacts with people from mainland cities.
Huge conflicting changes take place in the peaceful and healthy lives of the islanders when resorts and vacation centres are built on their islands to encourage tourism to boost their islands’ economy, which the older generations despise for fear of having their culture polluted by modernisation but the younger generations welcome in the name of progress and development!
female islanders in their simple way of life
