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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Afrikaans strandloper, from Dutch strandloper.
Noun
strandloper (plural strandlopers)
- (South Africa) beachcomber
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
Compound of strand + loper.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstrɑntˌloː.pər/
- Hyphenation: strand‧lo‧per
Noun
strandloper m (plural strandlopers, diminutive strandlopertje n)
- a sandpiper, used of certain waders of the family Scolopacidae, especially of the genus Calidris
- (dated) a beachcomber
- Synonyms: jutter, strandjutter
- (dated, rare) a beach walker, someone who walks on the beach
- 1949, F. Schmidt-Degener, Het blijvend beeld der Hollandse kunst, J. M. Meulenhoff (publ.), page 88.
Hij schilderde kluchtige kinders en onder zijn schare verschijnt zowel de brutale strandloper als het patriciërswicht gekoesterd door de glundere min; […]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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