单词 | highlander |
释义 | highlandern. 1. Chiefly with capital initial. a. A native or inhabitant of the Scottish Highlands. Cf. Highlandman n. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > Scots nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Scotland > parts of Scotland ScoteOE Irish Scota1387 Irish Scot1521 Irishman1529 Moravian1577 Moravea1600 highlander1610 lowlander1621 trewsman1639 Whiglander1682 northland1698 Norlander1716 plaid1749 bonnet man1763 plaid-man1763 norland1768 Irish Gael1771 Galwegian1774 southern1812 Gallovidian1875 Fifer1887 Clydesider1921 teuchter1940 1610 King James VI & I Speach Whitehall xxj. March 1609 sig. C2v If the Law of hanging for Theft, were turned here to restitution of treble or quadruple..what would become of all the middle Shires, and all the Irishrie and Highlanders? 1653 in W. Clarke Papers (2005) V. 140 The highlanders of Scotland begin to plunder the lowlanders so that they are not able to pay their assessments. 1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 62 He's as proud of these, as a Highlander is of a pair of Bag-pipes. 1769 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 7) IV. 236 The Natives of Inverness do not call themselves Highlanders, because they speak English. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Midlothian iii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 72 An old grey-headed and grey-bearded Highlander..bent double by age. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiii. 335 The Highlander..was..morally and physically well qualified for war. 1883 Harper's Mag. Dec. 59/2 There is as much difference between a Lowlander and a Highlander as there is between a Prussian drill sergeant and a Neapolitan lazzarone. 1910 W. H. Gregg Controv. Issues in Sc. Hist. 65 Robertson emphatically asserts that the Highlanders are descendants of the Caledonian Picts. 1953 K. M. Briggs Personnel of Fairyland 81 King George sent his redcoats to build new roads all over the Highlands and to civilize the Highlanders whether they would or no. 1991 Wine & Spirits Apr. 27 (advt.) The taste of Highland Park Single Malt quite simply makes critics, connoisseurs and highlanders sing its praises. 2007 C. MacFarlane Real Gorbals Story (2009) xiv. 109 In the 1960s, English people were turning up in Highland villages with what the Highlanders called their ‘London money’ and buying up cottages and farms cheaply. b. Military. A member of a Highland regiment or other military unit originally composed of Highlanders (sense 1a) or those of Highland descent. Usually in plural, frequently in the names of such units. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier of specific force or unit > [noun] spahi1562 legionnaire1595 strelitz1603 Croat1623 deli1667 Croatian1700 lancer1712 highlander1725 lambs1744 royals1762 light-bob1778 fly-slicer1785 Life Guardsman1785 royals?1795 Hottentot1796 yeoman1798 pandour1800 Faugh-a-Ballaghsc1811 forty-two man1816 kilty1842 Zouave1848 bumblerc1850 Inniskilliner1853 blue cap1857 turco1860 Zou-Zou1860 mudlark1878 king's man1883 Johnny1888 Piffer1892 evzone1897 horse gunner1897 dink1906 army ranger1910 grognard1912 Jock1914 chocolate soldier1915 Cook's tourist1915 dinkum1916 Anzaca1918 choc1917 ranger1942 Chindit1943 Desert Rat1944 Green Beret1949 1725 Caledonian Mercury 20 July 5432/1 A Troop of the Gray Horse, together with the Independent Highlanders now in this Place, march'd to the Grass-market. 1777 in New Jersey Archives (1901) 2nd Ser. I. 392 On Monday last we had a brush with the Philistines, killing three lighthorsemen, four Highlanders, and one Lieut. Colonel. 1846 J. Grant Romance of War III. i. 19 Louis..appeared..in the uniform of the Gordon Highlanders. 1888 R. Kipling Wee Willie Winkie 103 A Highlander..turning to a Gurkha, said, ‘Hya, Johnny!’ 1917 J. C. Hopkins Canad. Ann. Rev. Public Affairs 1916 248 Two days later he reviewed the four Battalions of the Nova Scotia Highlanders. 1969 Life 15 Aug. 50 Highland regiments of the British Army wear the kilt. Awed by the Highlanders' ferocity in World War I battles, the Germans dubbed them ‘the ladies from hell’. 2013 Daily Record (Nexis) 29 June 16 The Queen gave her Highlanders a final smile yesterday. She's honorary colonel of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, who cease to exist as a battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland today. 2. gen. An inhabitant of an elevated or mountainous region. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > dweller on high land Highlandman1450 overlander1548 mountainer1577 mountaineer1599 highlander1614 mountainist1625 uplander1699 hillman1854 hill-woman1895 hillsider1898 tiersman1941 Montagnard1966 1614 W. Lithgow Most Delectable Disc. Peregrination sig. F2 All these High-landers of Candy, are tyrannicall, blood-thirstie and deceitfull. 1681 C. Cotton Wonders of Peake 45 More natural to your Peak Highlander. 1742 Gentleman's Mag. June 334/2 HIs Sardinian Majesty..has ordered the Peasants and Highlanders..to guard the Passes. 1856 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine ix. 329 The Israelite highlanders of the neighbouring heights. 1880 S. Haughton Six Lect. Physical Geogr. iv. 171 The Syrian highlanders..were a perpetual nuisance to the more powerful countries that surrounded them. 1913 M. W. Morley Carolina Mts. 175 When you hear of one of your friends spoken of by a highlander as being ‘common’ you are puzzled. 1949 H. Wilcox White Stranger 3 I have introduced to the English-reading world the South Toraja highlanders of Celebes. 2000 New Scientist 16 Sept. 34/3 The skulls of the central highlanders provide the clearest evidence that trepanation was a treatment for fractured skulls. 3. An animal of a Highland breed of cattle (see Highland cattle n. at highland n. and adj. Compounds); spec. = West Highlander n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > breeds of ox > [noun] > of Scotland > Highland cow or cattle black cattle1725 Highland cattle1751 highlander1771 West Highlander1805 kyloe1811 West Highland1843 1771 Caledonian Mercury 17 Aug. One Hundred Cows, mostly Highlanders, laid early on the grass in the spring to fatten. 1787 W. Marshall Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Norfolk II. 381 Highlanders, Scotch cattle of the Highland breed. 1825 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Agric. §6122 The other variety of Highland cattle is the Norlands, or North Highlanders. 1834 W. Youatt Cattle iii. 79 The character of the Highlander must still be, that he will pay better for his quantity of food than any other breed. 1860 Farmer's Mag. Dec. 481/1 When his Highlanders were four years old he sent them to the London Christmas market. 1912 J. P. Sheldon Dairying viii. 129 The Highlanders are common to the mainland of the North of Scotland.., and they seem generally to have been of larger size than the West Highlanders. 1953 A. Fraser Beef Cattle Husb. ix. 127 These testimonials to the Highlander and more especially to its Shorthorn crosses are from breeders carrying beef production to the stage of the weaned calf. 2013 I. Glimmerveen in I. D. Rotherham Trees, Forested Landscapes & Grazing Animals xxiv. 344 This is grazed with 12 Scottish Highlanders for the specific aim of maintaining and enhancing the habitat. 4. In plural. With capital initial. Playing cards of an inferior quality, sold in a wrapper depicting a Highlander (sense 1a). Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > cards of specific quality mattress1685 merry-andrews1759 highlanders1816 Harrys or King Harrys1842 Mogul1842 paper1894 1816 National Advocate (N.Y.) 12 Dec. (table) A large assortment of Playing Cards, consisting of..500 doz Crehore's superf. black Eagle..100 d[itt]o Highlanders. 1842 Bradshaw's Jrnl. 16 Apr. in Philol. Soc. Trans. (1867) 63 The best cards are called Moguls, the others Harrys and Highlanders. 1948 W. R. Benét Reader's Encycl. 731 Inferior cards were called ‘Harrys’, ‘Highlanders’, and ‘Merry Andrews’. 5. Angling. A kind of artificial fly, typically used in salmon fishing. Now esp. in green highlander. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > artificial fly > types of moor flylOE drake-flya1450 dub-flya1450 dun cut1496 dun fly1496 louper1496 red fly1616 moorish fly1635 palmer1653 palmer fly1653 red hackle1653 red palmer1653 shell-fly1653 orange fly1662 blackfly1669 dun1676 dun hackle1676 hackle1676 mayfly1676 peacock fly1676 thorn-tree fly1676 turkey-fly1676 violet-fly1676 whirling dun1676 badger fly1681 greenfly1686 moorish brown1689 prime dun1696 sandfly1700 grey midge1724 whirling blue1747 dun drake?1758 death drake1766 hackle fly1786 badger1787 blue1787 brown-fly1787 camel-brown1787 spinner1787 midge1799 night-fly1799 thorn-fly1799 turkey1799 withy-fly1799 grayling fly1811 sun fly1820 cock-a-bondy1835 brown moth1837 bunting-lark fly1837 governor1837 water-hen hackle1837 Waterloo fly1837 coachman1839 soldier palmer1839 blue jay1843 red tag1850 canary1855 white-tip1856 spider1857 bumble1859 doctor1860 ibis1863 Jock Scott1866 eagle1867 highlander1867 jay1867 John Scott1867 judge1867 parson1867 priest1867 snow-fly1867 Jack Scott1874 Alexandra1875 silver doctor1875 Alexandra fly1882 grackle1894 grizzly queen1894 heckle-fly1897 Zulu1898 thunder and lightning1910 streamer1919 Devon1924 peacock1950 1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling x. 322 The highlander may be found useful at times. 1888 Fishing Gaz. 18 Feb. 87/2 The best flies are Black Doctor,..Cromarty, Highlander, Duke of Sutherland, Dusty Miller, and Kirkaig. 1922 Centennial Catal. Fishing Tackle (W. Mills & Son, N.Y.) 84 (table) Black Dose..Dusty Miller..Highlander..Thunder and Lightning. 1997 J. Wilson Coarse Fishing Method Man. (1998) 117/3 Patterns such as silver doctor, green highlander and thunder and lightning, all of which have a jungle cock feather tied in at the head to represent the eye of a small fish. 6. A Highland terrier; spec. a West Highland White terrier (= West Highlander n. 2).In quot. 1912: a Skye terrier. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > terrier > [noun] > West Highland terrier Highland terrier1777 Poltalloch1887 West Highland1904 West Highlander1907 highlander1912 westie1949 1912 E. Atkinson Greyfriars Bobby viii. 171 He was filled with a fierce championship of the wee Highlander. 1922 R. Leighton Compl. Bk. Dog xvii. 262 I suspect that Colonel Malcolm would be sorely distressed could he see some of the enormous White Highlanders of the present era. 2002 D. Rice Small Dog Breeds 221/1 A typical Highlander demands ceaseless commitment to lessons, exercise, and games. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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