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highlander|ˈhaɪləndə(r)|
[f. highland n. and a. + -er1 1.]
1. An inhabitant of a high or mountainous land.
1632Lithgow Trav. iii. 81 High-landers of Candy. 1681Cotton Wond. Peak 45 More natural to your Peak Highlander. 1856Stanley Sinai & Pal. ix. 329 The Israelite highlanders of the neighbouring heights.
2. a. spec. with capital initial. A native of the Highlands of Scotland. Also, a soldier of a Highland regiment.
1642Howell For. Trav. (Arb.) 50 The Epirotiques in Greece, the Heylanders in Scotland. 1769De Foe's Tour Gt. Brit. (ed. 7) IV. 236 The Natives of Inverness do not call themselves Highlanders, because they speak English. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xiii. III. 335 The Highlander..was..morally and physically well qualified for war. 1893Whitaker's Alm. 205 Royal Highlanders. Ibid. 206 Seaforth Highlanders.
b. Highland cattle.
1771Caled. Mercury 17 Aug., One Hundred Cows, mostly Highlanders, laid early on the grass in the spring to fatten. 1787W. H. Marshall Rural Econ. Norf. (1795) II. 381 Highlanders, Scotch cattle of the Highland breed. 1825Loudon Encycl. Agric. §6122 The other variety of Highland cattle is the Norlands, or North Highlanders. 1834W. Youatt Cattle iii. 69 There is little or no variety of breeds of cattle in the Hebrides. They are pure West Highlanders. Ibid. 79 The character of the Highlander must still be, that he will pay better for his quantity of food than any other breed. 1875Encycl. Brit. I. 389/1 They [sc. the Pembrokes] excel the West Highlanders in this respect, that they make good dairy cattle, the cows being peculiarly adapted for cottagers' purposes.
3. Highlanders: playing cards of the third quality, so called from the device on the wrapper.
1842Bradshaw's Jrnl. 16 Apr. in Philol. Soc. Trans. (1867) 63 The best cards are called Moguls, the others Harrys and Highlanders. 1866in Stationer & Fancy Trades Register 1 Sept. Ibid., The different qualities of cards are distinguished as Moguls, Harrys, Highlanders, and Merry Andrews.
4. A kind of artificial fly for fishing.
1867F. Francis Angling x. (1880) 366 The Highlander may be found useful at times.
5. White West Highlander: see Highland terrier. |