Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One who lives in a highland.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An inhabitant of highlands; specifically (with a capital), an inhabitant or a member of the Gaelic race of the Highlands of Scotland.
- n. A playing-card having slight blemishes on both surfaces.
Wiktionary
- n. A person who inhabits the Scottish Highlands.
- n. Any person who lives in mountainous or hilly terrain.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. a soldier in a Scottish Highland regiment.
- n. An inhabitant of highlands, especially of the
Highlands of Scotland.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a native of the Highlands of Scotland
- 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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“He looked questioningly at the old highlander, wondering if his men understood.”
“The highlander who had missed his throw picked up his spear and stabbed the man in the back until he stopped moving.”
“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”
“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.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘highlander’.
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Words that are also movies
Unabashedly stolen from a comment made by courier12.
vertigo, serendipity, casablanca, psycho, jaws, fantasia, stagecoach, network, rocky, giant, platoon, unforgiven and 285 more...
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Brand Theft Auto
A marque list for cars--models or companies who've used common words as their name.
explorer, navigator, frontier, mustang, quest, cougar, sidekick, legend, legacy, ranger, voyager, civic and 266 more...
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Land
A list of terms for land, landholdings, or words that contain the string -land-.
scabland, wheatland, cornland, slander, land-locked, dryland, riceland, clandestine, acreage, island, Iceland, Greenland and 269 more...
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Movies I've Seen
There's a jar I've been adding movie ticket stubs to since about age twelve. I am pleased to have a more accessible way of keeping track of the movies I've seen. Even if some are pretty embarrassin...
ghostbusters, amadeus, miller's crossing, no reservations, hoot, insomnia, master and commander, the matrix, o brother, where ..., night of the comet, the dark knight, tropic thunder and 489 more...
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cindywrites's Words
chiaroscuro, mollycoddle, feckless, evocative, provocative, invocation, beckon, allay, becalm, console, lull, soothe and 479 more...
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Soldiers and Sailors
Types and nicknames.
highlander, guardswoman, foot soldier, lobsterback, man-at-arms, grenadier, billman, redcoat, fusilier, guardsman, marine, trooper and 95 more...
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Who Are You?
No one ever says, "I want to be a somnambulist when I grow up." But don't let that get in the way of organizing your Wordie lists.
chevalier, somnambulist, sommelier, troubadour, vicar, majordomo, caliph, polyglot, polymath, apprentice, nuyorican, privateer and 107 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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