2. Noun. (plural of highlander) ¹
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Definition of Highlanders
1. highlander [n] - See also: highlander
Lexicographical Neighbors of Highlanders
Literary usage of Highlanders
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1873)
"The Highlanders, offered anything they chose to ask as a reward by the duke, ...
The grenadiers were to lead, and in the reserve were the Highlanders. ..."
2. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"Hawley had left his guns behind; the duke's guns were distributed by pairs between
the infantry battalions, and their fire so galled the highlanders as to ..."
3. History of Civilization in England by Henry Thomas Buckle (1864)
"The Highlanders, still true tn their stagnant principles, refused obedience." .
... "And from this day, the Highlanders had sii- pence a head per day payed ..."
4. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1884)
"A GOSSIP ABOUT THE WEST Highlanders. Y DEAR ,—It would be but a poor return for
many and many an act of kindness if I were to fail to say a word about the ..."
5. The Early Hanoverians by Edward Ellis Morris (1886)
"But the more real reason was the entire strangeness of the Highlanders. ...
Highlanders make the best soldiers in the world for a battle, though unless ..."
6. A History of the Scottish Highlands, Highland Clans and Highland Regiments by Sir John Scott Keltie, John Wilson, Thomas Maclauchlan (1875)
"453 Fraser's Highlanders, or Old 78th and 71st Regiments— Old 78th, 1757-17C3,
... 465 Keith's and Campbell's Highlanders, or Old 87th and 88th Regiments, . ..."
7. The History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline and Fall of the by William Russell (1802)
"But although independent, the Highlanders were by no means free. ... The remote
situation of the Highlanders, and their ignorance of any language but that ..."
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