Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—G

Greenlander

A native of Greenland. Facetiously applied to a greenhorn, that is, one from the verdant country called the land of green ones.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Greenlandman's Galley
Greenhorn
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