HIGHLANDER

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• HIGHLANDER (noun)
  The noun HIGHLANDER has 2 senses:

1. a soldier in a Scottish regiment from the Highlands

2. a native of the Highlands of Scotland

  Familiarity information: HIGHLANDER used as a noun is rare.

• HIGHLANDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A soldier in a Scottish regiment from the Highlands

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Highlander" is a kind of...):

soldier (an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army)

Derivation:

Highlands (a mountainous region of northern Scotland famous for its rugged beauty; known for the style of dress (the kilt and tartan) and the clan system (now in disuse))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A native of the Highlands of Scotland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Highland Scot; Highlander; Scottish Highlander

Hypernyms ("Highlander" is a kind of...):

Scot; Scotchman; Scotsman (a native or inhabitant of Scotland)

Derivation:

Highlands (a mountainous region of northern Scotland famous for its rugged beauty; known for the style of dress (the kilt and tartan) and the clan system (now in disuse))

 Context examples 

Ranged on benches down the sides of the room, the eighty girls sat motionless and erect; a quaint assemblage they appeared, all with plain locks combed from their faces, not a curl visible; in brown dresses, made high and surrounded by a narrow tucker about the throat, with little pockets of holland (shaped something like a Highlander's purse) tied in front of their frocks, and destined to serve the purpose of a work-bag: all, too, wearing woollen stockings and country-made shoes, fastened with brass buckles.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)