highlanders

Noun (1)

highlander (plural highlanders)

1. (Scotland) A person who inhabits the Scottish Highlands.
2. Any person who lives in mountainous or hilly terrain.
   • 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...2001, John C. Inscoe, Appalachians and Race, Introduction", page 1
3. (Philippines) The Igorot people, referring to them originating from the Cordillera Mountain Range.

Noun (2)

highlander (uncountable)

1. (capitalized, often, collectible card games) A game format in which players are allowed no more than one of any card (except basic resource cards) in their decks.
   • I have a blue/white highlander deck (every card is unique, including the lands) and I would like some help tuning it.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>

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