How do you use Flatlander in a sentence? See 4 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Flatlander meaning
- A person who lives at, lived at, or was raised by someone at a low altitude or from any city. A person not raised in or by someone directly from high mountain areas. (used by those who were born, raised, and are still living in higher altitude non-city or city like areas).
- Anyone from the East; anyone from outside the Rockies.
Using Flatlander
- The main meaning on this page is: A person who lives at, lived at, or was raised by someone at a low altitude or from any city. A person not raised in or by someone directly from high mountain areas. (used by those who were born, raised, and are still living in higher altitude non-city or city like areas). | A person who lives at, lived at, or was raised by someone at a low altitude or from any city. A person not raised in or by someone directly from high mountain areas. (used by those who were born, raised, and are still living in higher altitude non-city or city like areas). | Anyone from the East; anyone from outside the Rockies.
Context around Flatlander
- Average sentence length in these examples: 34 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 1 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Flatlander
- In this selection, "flatlander" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 34 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, having, diet and applied stand out and add context to how "flatlander" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a flatlander has always and earth is flatlander having been. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "flatlander" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with flatlander
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A flatlander has always known why a stranger might show up, pursuing the paths of trade or heading somewhere by the flattest and simplest path. (25 words)
This tension is expressed in the terms, "Woodchuck", being applied to those established in the state, and "Flatlander", applied to the newcomers. citation Vermont is the least populous New England state. (31 words)
Michael lives on a " Flatlander " diet, meaning that he eats only things that are two dimensional; this began after a period during which he barred himself in his office, eating only what his co-workers slid under the door. (39 words)
A common title for people born on Earth is "Flatlander"; having been born and raised in the only environment in Known Space to which humans are well-adapted, they are considered naïve and a bit helpless by humans from colony worlds. (41 words)
Michael lives on a " Flatlander " diet, meaning that he eats only things that are two dimensional; this began after a period during which he barred himself in his office, eating only what his co-workers slid under the door. (39 words)
This tension is expressed in the terms, "Woodchuck", being applied to those established in the state, and "Flatlander", applied to the newcomers. citation Vermont is the least populous New England state. (31 words)
Example sentences (4)
A flatlander has always known why a stranger might show up, pursuing the paths of trade or heading somewhere by the flattest and simplest path.
A common title for people born on Earth is "Flatlander"; having been born and raised in the only environment in Known Space to which humans are well-adapted, they are considered naïve and a bit helpless by humans from colony worlds.
Michael lives on a " Flatlander " diet, meaning that he eats only things that are two dimensional; this began after a period during which he barred himself in his office, eating only what his co-workers slid under the door.
This tension is expressed in the terms, "Woodchuck", being applied to those established in the state, and "Flatlander", applied to the newcomers. citation Vermont is the least populous New England state.