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Definition of Highlander
1. Noun. A soldier in a Scottish regiment from the Highlands.
2. Noun. A native of the Highlands of Scotland.
Generic synonyms: Scot, Scotchman, Scotsman
Derivative terms: Highlands
Definition of Highlander
1. n. An inhabitant of highlands, especially of the Highlands of Scotland.
Definition of Highlander
1. Noun. (alternative capitalization of highlander) ¹
2. Noun. A person who inhabits the Scottish Highlands. ¹
3. Noun. Any person who lives in mountainous or hilly terrain. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Highlander
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Highlander
Literary usage of Highlander
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1885)
"BY AN OLD highlander. BEHOLD how great a matter a little fire kindleth ! There is
a conflagration in Skye. What is it about t The people there are better ..."
2. Report of the Commission Appointed to Investigate the Zinc Resources of by Canada Zinc commission, Walter Renton Ingalls, Philip Argall, Alfred C. Gardé, Alfred Ernest Barlow, Henry Harris, Henry E. Wood (1906)
"highlander MILL AND MINING COMPANY. The property of the highlander Mill and ...
The highlander vein varies from 25 feet down to about 2 feet in width, ..."
3. English Lands, Letters and Kings by Donald Grant Mitchell (1897)
"A highlander. Another writer — whose sympathies from the beginning were with the
... A highlander by birth — he was at Aberdeen University — afterwards in ..."
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