INSULAR

a. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Of or pertaining to an island; of the nature, or possessing the characteristics, of an island; as, an insular climate, fauna, etc.

2.
a.

Of or pertaining to the people of an island; narrow; circumscribed; illiberal; contracted; as, insular habits, opinions, or prejudices. The penury of insular conversation. Johnson.

3.
n.

An islander. [R.] Berkeley.

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