highlander
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Highlander¹
Where it comes from
From Highlands + -er, equivalent to a specific application of highlander.
noun Highlanders
- A person from the Highlands.
Highlander²
Where it comes from
Americanized spelling of German Heilander.
proper noun Highlanders
- A surname from German.
highlander³
- /ˈhaɪləndəɹ/
- /ˈhaɪləndə/
Sounds like islander (H-dropping accents)
noun highlanders
- A person who inhabits the Scottish Highlands.
- 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
- The Igorot people, referring to them originating from the Cordillera Mountain Range.
Opposite: lowlander
highlander⁴
Where it comes from
From the tagline "There can be only one" of the film Highlander (1986).
noun
- A game format in which players are allowed no more than one of any card (except basic resource cards) in their decks. I have a blue/white highlander deck (every card is unique, including the lands) and I would like some help tuning it.
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noun
Opposite: lowlander
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noun inhabitant of the Scottish Highlands
| Français | highlander |
|---|
noun inhabitant of highlands
| Français | montagnard, montagnarde |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Gebirgler, Gebirgsbewohner, Bergbewohner |
| Italiano | montanaro |
| Ελληνικά | βουνίσιος vounísios, ορεσίβιος oresívios |
| Română | muntean |
| Русский | го́рец górec |
| العربية | جَبَلِيّ jabaliyy, نَجْدِيّ najdiyy |
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