Lapp

[ lap ]

/ læp /

Also called Lap·land·er

[lap-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈlæpˌlæn dər, -lən-/. a member of a Finnic people of northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and adjacent regions.

Also called Lappish. any of the languages of the Lapps, closely related to Finnish.

Also called Sami.

Example sentences from the Web for laplander

At Whitsuntide this year no Laplander was at church, the pikes happening to spawn just at that time.

Lachesis Lapponica |Carl von Linn
He is as tall as you; and he has not the copper colour of a Laplander.'

Life Of Johnson, Volume 5 |Boswell
The interior of a Laplander's hut too, upon the ice, presented a miserable, uncomfortable appearance.

The Preaching Tours and Missionary Labours of George Mller (of Bristol) |Mrs. Mller
The Laplander will drink train-oil, and regards tallow-candles as a great delicacy.

A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene |Joseph Chrisman Hutchison

Nor was I without considerable fears that this man, when he had met with the Laplander, might not be able to find me again.

Lachesis Lapponica |Carl von Linn

Laplander

/ (ˈlæpˌlændə) /

a native or inhabitant of Lapland

Lapp

/ (læp) /

a member of a nomadic people living chiefly in N Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula of Russia

the language of this people, belonging to the Finno-Ugric family

of or relating to this people or their language

The indigenous people of Lapland prefer to be called Sami, although Lapp is still in widespread use