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- noun Plural form of
Laplander .
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Examples
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The Laplanders are the only very small-sized people in Europe, but they run from 5 ft. upwards, whereas the negrites and negrillos run from about 4 ft. to less than 5 ft.
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These Savages are described in their proper Colours, but by a very few; for those that generally write Histories of this new World, are such as Interest, Preferment, and Merchandize, drew thither, and know no more of that People than I do of the Laplanders, which is only by Hear-say.
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The Lapland fiihers, who ave alio called Laplanders of the woods (be - caufe in fimuner they dwell upon the bor - ders of the lakes, and in winter in the forefts) live by fifliing and hunting, and choofe their fituation from its convenience for. either.
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The Laplanders know more about knife use and design than we give them credit for.
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The Laplanders, who live much closer to civilization, can probably still name seventeen different varieties.
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And Laplanders really would greet us as liberators!
McCain To Hit Obama On Cuba Policy, Willingness To Meet With Raul Castro 2009
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Similarly nomad-hunters who followed some herds throughout the year may have captured and used some animals in order to be able to move with the herd on whose meat they largely lived as the Laplanders and the Irkutz still do.
Energy and Society~ Chapter 2~ Organic Energy and the Low-Energy Society 2009
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OK, maybe Laplanders and New Guinea Highlanders count as separate cultural species, but modern-day conservatives and liberals?
David Sloan Wilson: Are Liberals and Conservatives Different Species? The Answer is Yes 2008
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Laplanders, the Kamchadales, have never marched with colors flying to destroy their neighbors.
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And after all this we dare to ridicule Laplanders, Samoyeds, and negroes!
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