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单词 highlandman
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Highlandmann.

Brit. /ˈhʌɪləndmən/, U.S. /ˈhaɪləndˌmæn/
Inflections: Plural Highlandmen.
Forms: see highland n. and adj. and man n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: highland n., man n.1
Etymology: < highland n. + man n.1
A man born or living in the Scottish Highlands; a Highlander.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > dweller on high land
Highlandman1450
overlander1548
mountainer1577
mountaineer1599
highlander1614
mountainist1625
uplander1699
hillman1854
hill-woman1895
hillsider1898
tiersman1941
Montagnard1966
1450 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1450/1/3 That consideratioun be had of the helande men the quhilk..commonly reft and slew ilk ane uthir.
a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) ix. l. 1475 Þe Scottis Hielande men War nere þe wattyr of Ile þen.
1504 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) A1504/3/104 Everilk hieland man and lawland man may cum and ask justice without pell or danger.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 241 Quhen sum hilend men..be brocht til obedience.
a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James I in Wks. (1711) 7 To defend the Country against the Incursions of these Highlandmen.
1716 West-Country Intelligence (Glasgow) 21 Jan. 12 The Highland Men did not please his Aspect, which is but Meagre and grim.
1787 R. Burns Let. 7 July (1985) I. 128 And down came the Highlandman, horse & all.
1853 J. Grant Jane Seton II. xxxii. 304 He told long and interminable stories..of blowing Englishmen, Spaniards, and Highlandmen all to rags and fritters.
1873 Trans. Highland & Agric. Soc. Scotl. 4th Ser. 5 37 The bands of blue-bonneted Highlandmen..who were wont to swarm into the county at the ripening of the corn.
1935 J. Buchan Men & Deeds iii. iv.155 Weary fall the Parliament that is aye laying taxes on us poor Highlandmen!
1998 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 30 Aug. 5 Hundreds of handmade varieties of the traditional Highlandman's purse [sc. the sporran].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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