mainlander

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mainlander^¹

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From mainland + -er.

noun mainlanders · Mainlander

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 solve. During the war the Japanese built at Chiayi a large factory for making high-
Someone who lives in mainland Europe, as opposed to the British Isles.

Mainlander^²

proper noun

Alternative letter-case form of mainlander (“a person from mainland China”). In Pan-ch’iao of Taiwan county, people gathered at the railway station on the morning of February 28 and began beating Mainlanders or rounding them up and assembling them in one place.

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noun someone who lives on the mainland

日本語	本土人 hondojin
中文	大陸人 /大陆人 dàlùrén, 唐山人 tángshānrén, 26 èrliù
Deutsch	Festländer, Festländerin, Festlandbewohner, Festlandbewohnerin, Festlandsbewohner, Festlandsbewohnerin
Русский	жи́тель материка́ žítelʹ materiká, жи́тельница материка́ žítelʹnica materiká
Tiếng Việt	người ở đất liền

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@misc{mainlander_2026,
  title = {mainlander},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mainlander},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}