mainlander
Someone who lives on the mainland.
Noun
- Someone who lives on the mainland.
- A person from mainland China, as opposed to someone from Hong Kong, Macau or Taiwan.
- Since many factories have not been repaired or are operating at low capacity, there is much unemployment. Repatriation of overseas Taiwanese has aggravated the problem, which the government has made no real effort to...
- Someone who lives in mainland Europe, as opposed to the British Isles.
Origin
Etymology tree English mainland Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English mainlander From mainland + -er.