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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. One who lives in a highland.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. An inhabitant of highlands; specifically (with a capital), an inhabitant or a member of the Gaelic race of the Highlands of Scotland.
  2. n. A playing-card having slight blemishes on both surfaces.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A person who inhabits the Scottish Highlands.
  2. n. Any person who lives in mountainous or hilly terrain.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. a soldier in a Scottish Highland regiment.
  2. n. An inhabitant of highlands, especially of the Highlands of Scotland.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a native of the Highlands of Scotland
  2. n. a soldier in a Scottish regiment from the Highlands

Examples

  • “The highlights were thrilling interludes by "highlander" folk band Zakopower, led by charismatic singer-violinist Sebastian Karpiel-Bulecka, an energetic foil to Kennedy's wayward brilliance.”

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  • “Highlander ye corner of Pall Mall, facing St. James's, Haymarket, "and says that the highlander was a favourite tobacconist's sign for 200 years.”

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  • “We caught a Japanese exhibition about time, with all sorts of weird shit, took the elevator up to the umpty-umpth floor and looked out over the city, bought some sheep's cheese (a "highlander" staple) from a stall and ate it over a few beers before my interview with TVP, only the Polish equivalent of BBC for crying out loud, in another branch of EMPiK.”

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  • “I love most highlander stories, and the regency era is a close second.”

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  • “I'd love to live in Scotland in medieval time, in a big castle with a sexy highlander.”

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  • “He looked questioningly at the old highlander, wondering if his men understood.”

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  • “The highlander who had missed his throw picked up his spear and stabbed the man in the back until he stopped moving.”

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  • “I thinks this should really be researched to save gas and save the ENV .. highlander

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  • “The book has erotic and paranormal elements, star-crossed lovers, covers a span of more than 700 years, a sexologist, and a highlander who keeps sweeping me off my feet”

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  • “Boudreaux, a Cajun highlander from Rapides Parish in central Louisiana, was an older, single gentleman, who was born and raised a Baptist, now living in South Louisiana.”

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