highlander
English
Etymology 1
From highland + -erCategory:English terms suffixed with -er (inhabitant)#HIGHLANDER.
Pronunciation
- (rhotic) IPA(key): /ˈhaɪləndəɹ/Category:English 3-syllable words#HIGHLANDERCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#HIGHLANDER
- (non-rhotic) IPA(key): /ˈhaɪləndə/Category:English 3-syllable words#HIGHLANDERCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#HIGHLANDER
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#HIGHLANDERAudio (Southern England): (file) - Homophone: islander (H-dropping accents)Category:English terms with homophones#HIGHLANDER
Noun
highlander (plural highlanders)Category:English lemmas#HIGHLANDERCategory:English nouns#HIGHLANDERCategory:English countable nouns#HIGHLANDERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#HIGHLANDERCategory:Pages with entries#HIGHLANDERCategory:Pages with 3 entries#HIGHLANDER
- (ScotlandCategory:Scottish English#HIGHLANDER) A person who inhabits the Scottish Highlands.
- Any person who lives in mountainous or hilly terrain.
- 2001, John C. Inscoe, Appalachians and Race, Introduction", page 1:
- 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, they opposed slavery formally, through abolitionist organizations, newspapers, or institutions of higher education….Category:English terms with quotations#HIGHLANDER
- 2001, John C. Inscoe, Appalachians and Race, Introduction, page 10:
- 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 the extent to which perceptions of whiteness shaped how outsiders understood the region and acted toward it.Category:English terms with quotations#HIGHLANDER
- (PhilippinesCategory:Philippine English#HIGHLANDER) The Igorot people, referring to them originating from the Cordillera Mountain Range.
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Etymology 2
From the tagline "There can be only one" of the film Highlander (1986).
Noun
highlander (uncountable)Category:English lemmas#HIGHLANDERCategory:English nouns#HIGHLANDERCategory:English uncountable nouns#HIGHLANDERCategory:English uncountable nouns#HIGHLANDERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#HIGHLANDERCategory:Pages with entries#HIGHLANDERCategory:Pages with 3 entries#HIGHLANDER
- (collectible card gamesCategory:en:Collectible card games#HIGHLANDER, often capitalized) A game format in which players are allowed no more than one of any card (except basic resource cards) in their decks.
- 1995 May 18, Nick Clifton, “Help with a Highlander Deck”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy (Usenet), message-ID <NICKC.95May18164750@betty.perihelion.co.uk>:
- I have a blue/white highlander deck (every card is unique, including the lands) and I would like some help tuning it.Category:English terms with quotations#HIGHLANDER
- 1996 October 18, Scott Schultz, “New Tournament Styles”, in rec.games.trading-cards.misc (Usenet), message-ID <3267BF69.1FAA@ceweekly.com>:
- 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.Category:English terms with quotations#HIGHLANDER
- 2000 June 2, End User, “Re: Type I Highlander - What to play?”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy (Usenet), message-ID <3938182E.357BF7F4@tivoli.com>:
- One of my favorite Highlander decks is listed below.Category:English terms with quotations#HIGHLANDER
French
Noun
highlander m (plural highlanders)Category:French lemmas#HIGHLANDERCategory:French nouns#HIGHLANDERCategory:French countable nouns#HIGHLANDERCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#HIGHLANDERCategory:French masculine nouns#HIGHLANDERCategory:Pages with entries#HIGHLANDERCategory:Pages with 3 entries#HIGHLANDER
Further reading
- “highlander”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from EnglishCategory:Portuguese terms borrowed from English#HIGHLANDERCategory:Portuguese unadapted borrowings from English#HIGHLANDERCategory:Portuguese terms derived from English#HIGHLANDER highlander.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁajˈlɐ̃.deʁ/ [haɪ̯ˈlɐ̃.deh]Category:Portuguese 3-syllable words#HIGHLANDERCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#HIGHLANDER
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʁajˈlɐ̃.deɾ/ [haɪ̯ˈlɐ̃.deɾ]Category:Portuguese 3-syllable words#HIGHLANDERCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#HIGHLANDER
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁajˈlɐ̃.deʁ/ [χaɪ̯ˈlɐ̃.deχ]Category:Portuguese 3-syllable words#HIGHLANDERCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#HIGHLANDER
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /ʁajˈlɐ̃.deɻ/ [haɪ̯ˈlɐ̃.deɻ]Category:Portuguese 3-syllable words#HIGHLANDERCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#HIGHLANDER
Noun
highlander m or f by sense (plural highlanders)Category:Portuguese lemmas#HIGHLANDERCategory:Portuguese nouns#HIGHLANDERCategory:Portuguese countable nouns#HIGHLANDERCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#HIGHLANDERCategory:Portuguese masculine and feminine nouns by sense#HIGHLANDERCategory:Portuguese masculine nouns#HIGHLANDERCategory:Portuguese feminine nouns#HIGHLANDERCategory:Portuguese nouns with multiple genders#HIGHLANDERCategory:Pages with entries#HIGHLANDERCategory:Pages with 3 entries#HIGHLANDER
- highlander; Highlander (someone from the Scottish Highlands)
Further reading
- “highlander”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “highlander”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026