highlander

See also: Highlander

English

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

English highland

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

▲

Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English highlander

From highland + -er.

Pronunciation

• (rhotic) IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪləndəɹ/
• (non-rhotic) IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪləndə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Homophone: islander (H-dropping accents)

Noun

highlander (plural highlanders)

1. (Scotland) A person who inhabits the Scottish Highlands.
2. 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….

   • 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.

3. (Philippines) The Igorot people, referring to them originating from the Cordillera Mountain Range.

Antonyms

• lowlander

Derived terms

• Shanghailander

Translations

inhabitant of highlands

• Amharic: ደጋኛ m or f (dägaña)
• Arabic: جَبَلِيّ m (jabaliyy), نَجْدِيّ m (najdiyy)
• Armenian: լեռնական (hy) (leṙnakan)
• Belarusian: го́рац m (hórac)
• Bulgarian: планинец m (planinec)
• Chechen: ламаро (lamaro)
• Czech: horal m, horák m
• Dutch: hooglander (nl) m, bergbewoner (nl) m
• Egyptian: (jmj-ḏw m)
• Esperanto: montano
• Finnish: ylämaalainen
• French: montagnard (fr) m, montagnarde (fr) f
• Galician: brañego (gl) m
• German: Gebirgler m, Gebirgsbewohner (de) m, Bergbewohner (de) m
• Greek: βουνίσιος (el) m (vounísios), ορεσίβιος (el) m (oresívios)
• Ingrian: gortsa
• Italian: montanaro (it) m
• Macedonian: го́рјанин m (górjanin), го́рјанка f (górjanka), го́рненец m (górnenec), го́рненка f (górnenka), горно́земец m (gornózemec), горно́земка f (gornózemka)
• Plautdietsch: Huachlenda m
• Polish: góral (pl) m, góralka (pl) f
• Romanian: muntean (ro) m
• Russian: го́рец (ru) m (górec)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бр̏ђанин, го̀ранин, го̀ршта̄к

  Latin: bȑđanin (sh), gòranin (sh), gòrštāk (sh)

• Tagalog: taga-taas, taga-bundok
• Ukrainian: горя́нин m (horjányn), горя́нка f (horjánka), го́рець (hórecʹ)
• Vilamovian: giörol m
• Welsh: ucheldirwr m

Etymology 2

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

Noun

highlander (uncountable)

1. (collectible card games, 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^[1] (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.

   • 1996 October 18, Scott Schultz, “New Tournament Styles”, in rec.games.trading-cards.misc‎^[2] (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.

   • 2000 June 2, End User, “Re: Type I Highlander - What to play?”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy‎^[3] (Usenet), message-ID <3938182E.357BF7F4@tivoli.com>:

     One of my favorite Highlander decks is listed below.

French

Noun

highlander m (plural highlanders)

1. highlander

Further reading

• “highlander”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

English highland

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

▲

Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English highlanderubor.

Portuguese highlander

Unadapted borrowing from English highlander.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁajˈlɐ̃.deʁ/ [haɪ̯ˈlɐ̃.deh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁajˈlɐ̃.deʁ/ [haɪ̯ˈlɐ̃.deh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁajˈlɐ̃.deɾ/ [haɪ̯ˈlɐ̃.deɾ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁajˈlɐ̃.deʁ/ [χaɪ̯ˈlɐ̃.deχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ʁajˈlɐ̃.deɻ/ [haɪ̯ˈlɐ̃.deɻ]

• Homophone: Highlander

Noun

highlander m or f by sense (plural highlanders)

1. 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