Highlander
name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A person from the Highlands.
- 2 A person who inhabits the Scottish Highlands. Scotland
- 3 A game format in which players are allowed no more than one of any card (except basic resource cards) in their decks. capitalized, often, uncountable
"I have a blue/white highlander deck (every card is unique, including the lands) and I would like some help tuning it."
- 4 a native of the Highlands of Scotland wordnet
- 5 Any person who lives in mountainous or hilly terrain.
"He gave credence to the long-standing impression that southern highlanders were as a whole 'a hardy race of European dissenters' of very different stock from other southern colonists…. As backwoodsmen and highlanders, they opposed slavery formally, through abolitionist organizations, newspapers, or institutions of higher education…."
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- 6 a soldier in a Scottish regiment from the Highlands wordnet
- 7 The Igorot people, referring to them originating from the Cordillera Mountain Range. Philippines
- 1 A surname from German.
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More examples"He gave credence to the long-standing impression that southern highlanders were as a whole 'a hardy race of European dissenters' of very different stock from other southern colonists…. As backwoodsmen and highlanders, they opposed slavery formally, through abolitionist organizations, newspapers, or institutions of higher education…."
Etymology
From Highlands + -er, equivalent to a specific application of highlander.
Americanized spelling of German Heilander.
From highland + -er.
From the tagline "There can be only one" of the film Highlander (1986).
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