"highlander" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhaɪləndəɹ/ (note: rhotic), /ˈhaɪləndə/ (note: non-rhotic) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-highlander.wav [Southern-England] Forms: highlanders [plural]
Etymology: From highland + -er. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|highland|-er|id2=inhabitant}} highland + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} highlander (plural highlanders)
  1. A person who inhabits the Scottish Highlands. Categories (topical): Demonyms, People Translations (inhabitant of highlands): جَبَلِيّ (jabaliyy) [masculine] (Arabic), نَجْدِيّ (najdiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), լեռնական (leṙnakan) (Armenian), го́рець (hórjecʹ) [masculine] (Belarusian), планинец (planinec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), horal [masculine] (Czech), horák [masculine] (Czech), i-Z11-Dw:Z1 (jmj-ḏw) [masculine] (Egyptian), montano (Esperanto), ylämaalainen (Finnish), montagnard [masculine] (French), montagnarde [feminine] (French), brañego [masculine] (Galician), Gebirgler [masculine] (German), Gebirgsbewohner [masculine] (German), Bergbewohner [masculine] (German), го́рјанин (górjanin) [masculine] (Macedonian), го́рјанка (górjanka) [feminine] (Macedonian), го́рненец (górnenec) [masculine] (Macedonian), го́рненка (górnenka) [feminine] (Macedonian), горно́земец (gornózemec) [masculine] (Macedonian), горно́земка (gornózemka) [feminine] (Macedonian), góral [masculine] (Polish), góralka [feminine] (Polish), muntean [masculine] (Romanian), го́рец (górec) [masculine] (Russian), бр̏ђанин [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), го̀ранин [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), го̀ршта̄к [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), bȑđanin [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), gòranin [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), gòrštāk [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), горя́нин (horjányn) [masculine] (Ukrainian), горя́нка (horjánka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), го́рець (hórecʹ) (Ukrainian), giörol [masculine] (Vilamovian)
    Sense id: en-highlander-en-noun-p8zA2tvx Disambiguation of Demonyms: 51 27 22 Disambiguation of People: 55 16 29 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (inhabitant) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 35 34 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 38 36 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (inhabitant): 55 45 Disambiguation of 'inhabitant of highlands': 78 22
  2. Any person who lives in mountainous or hilly terrain.
    Sense id: en-highlander-en-noun-cF-oxEWq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (inhabitant) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 35 34 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 38 36 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (inhabitant): 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Etymology: From the tagline "There can be only one" of the film Highlander (1986). Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: capitalized, often, uncountable Categories (topical): Collectible card games
    Sense id: en-highlander-en-noun-I0~A9bhd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 35 34 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 38 36 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "text": "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.",
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      "ipa": "/ˈhaɪləndəɹ/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈhaɪləndə/",
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    },
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "jabaliyy",
      "sense": "inhabitant of highlands",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "جَبَلِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "najdiyy",
      "sense": "inhabitant of highlands",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "نَجْدِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "leṙnakan",
      "sense": "inhabitant of highlands",
      "word": "լեռնական"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "hórjecʹ",
      "sense": "inhabitant of highlands",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "го́рець"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "planinec",
      "sense": "inhabitant of highlands",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "планинец"
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      "sense": "inhabitant of highlands",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "inhabitant of highlands",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "horák"
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      "code": "egy",
      "lang": "Egyptian",
      "roman": "jmj-ḏw",
      "sense": "inhabitant of highlands",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "inhabitant of highlands",
      "word": "montano"
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      "sense": "inhabitant of highlands",
      "word": "ylämaalainen"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "inhabitant of highlands",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "inhabitant of highlands",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "montagnarde"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "inhabitant of highlands",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brañego"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "inhabitant of highlands",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "inhabitant of highlands",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "inhabitant of highlands",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
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      "sense": "inhabitant of highlands",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "górjanka",
      "sense": "inhabitant of highlands",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
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      "sense": "inhabitant of highlands",
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      ],
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
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      "sense": "inhabitant of highlands",
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      "code": "mk",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
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        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "inhabitant of highlands",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "góral"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "inhabitant of highlands",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "góralka"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "inhabitant of highlands",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "muntean"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "górec",
      "sense": "inhabitant of highlands",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "го́рец"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "inhabitant of highlands",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "бр̏ђанин"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "inhabitant of highlands",
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        "Cyrillic"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "inhabitant of highlands",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
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      "word": "го̀ршта̄к"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "inhabitant of highlands",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "bȑđanin"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "inhabitant of highlands",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "gòranin"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "inhabitant of highlands",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "gòrštāk"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "horjányn",
      "sense": "inhabitant of highlands",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "горя́нин"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "horjánka",
      "sense": "inhabitant of highlands",
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        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hórecʹ",
      "sense": "inhabitant of highlands",
      "word": "го́рець"
    },
    {
      "code": "wym",
      "lang": "Vilamovian",
      "sense": "inhabitant of highlands",
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  "etymology_text": "From the tagline \"There can be only one\" of the film Highlander (1986).",
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        {
          "ref": "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>",
          "text": "I have a blue/white highlander deck (every card is unique, including the lands) and I would like some help tuning it.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1996 October 18, Scott Schultz, “New Tournament Styles”, in rec.games.trading-cards.misc (Usenet), message-ID <3267BF69.1FAA@ceweekly.com>",
          "text": "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.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "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>",
          "text": "One of my favorite Highlander decks is listed below.",
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        "A game format in which players are allowed no more than one of any card (except basic resource cards) in their decks."
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        "(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."
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}

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