highlander

A person who inhabits the Scottish Highlands.

Noun Scotland

  1. A person who inhabits the Scottish Highlands.
  2. 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,...
    • Other essayists, however, detect significant distinctions between highlander and lowlander—differences in racial attitudes (abolitionist or rabid racist), in the types of work that African Americans performed, and in...
  3. The Igorot people, referring to them originating from the Cordillera Mountain Range.

Origin

Etymology tree English highland Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English highlander From highland + -er.

Forms

highlanders

Antonyms

lowlander

Derived

Shanghailander

Noun capitalized, often

  1. 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. - 1995 May 18, Nick Clifton, “Help with a Highlander Deck”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy...
    • As an example, the "Highlander" tournaments (only one of any particular card) that have been springing up have proven to be a good way to re-energize the tournament scene for some games. - 1996 October 18, Scott...
    • One of my favorite Highlander decks is listed below. - 2000 June 2, End User, “Re: Type I Highlander - What to play?”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy (Usenet), message-ID <[email protected]>:

Origin

From the tagline "There can be only one" of the film Highlander (1986).