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drylander 
n. a person who settled in a region of low precipitation, especially the Dry Belt (def. 1).
See also: Dry Belt (def. 1)
- 1963 At the Tivoli theater in Saskatoon last week, surviving drylanders could be heard telling the youngsters: "That was the way it was."
- 1963 [Caption] All-too-familiar to many a pioneer of the prairies is this shot from the "Drylanders"--the moving story of courage in the Canadian west now being shown by the National Film Board through Columbia Pictures.
- 1963 At the Tivoli theater in Saskatoon last week, surviving drylanders could be heard telling the youngsters: "That was the way it was."