ˈuplander
[f. upland n.2 Cf. Da. oplænder.]
An inhabitant or native of an upland part or district.
| 1699 Boyer, Uplander, montagnard. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Uplander, one that lives in the High Grounds; an High-lander. 1773 Johnson (ed. 4) s.v. Upland, Probably because the uplanders, having less commerce, were less civilised. a 1825 Forby Voc. E. Anglia II. 365 Uplander, Uplandman, an inhabitant of the uplands. 1868 Morris Earthly Par. I. i. 14 But fifty knew the shipman's gear, The rest were uplanders. 1888 Oman Hist. Greece xi. (1901) 103 These Uplanders occupied the arid hills of the interior. |