bilander

/ˈbɪləndɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

"Why choose we, then, like bilanders to creep / Along the coast, and land in view to keep?"
"it being fine weather, all the bilanders and fiſhing boats, that had returned after the first imbarkation, into the harbour, went out again with another body of troops"

Borrowed from Dutch bijlander, equivalent to by- + lander. See also belandre.

bilanders (plural)

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How do you pronounce bilander?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɪləndɚ/.

What does bilander mean?

Where does bilander come from?

It is traced to Dutch.

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