mainlander

Speech parts

1. mainlander - Noun

2. Mainlander - Proper noun

Meaning

Someone who lives on the mainland.

A person from mainland China, as opposed to someone from Hong Kong, Macau or Taiwan.

Someone who lives in mainland Europe, as opposed to the British Isles.

Mainlander

Alternative letter-case form of mainlander (“a person from mainland China”)

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Examples

As with the official-language controversy, objections to the use of Taiwanese came not only from Mainlander groups, but also Hoklo, Hakka and aborigines. Source: Internet

While admittedly I am a native mainlander of Nova Scotia, my connection to Cape Breton is not of family roots but one where I played baseball as a teenager in 1968 in New Waterford and where we won a Maritime title. Source: Internet

Mainlander is also occasionally used derogatorily. Source: Internet

The Macau Customs Service said in a statement yesterday that its officers busted an illegal immigration case in which a mainlander tried to smuggle a compatriot hidden inside a suitcase through the Barrier Gate border checkpoint on Wednesday. Source: Internet

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