ˈhighlandman
= highlander.
| c 1425 Wyntoun Cron. ix. xiv. 1543 The Scottis Hielandmen, Ware neire the wattyr off Ile then. 1596 Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. ix. 241 Quhen sum hilend men..be brocht til obedience. 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. 134 Hielandmen, the inhabitants of the Hielands, & Jles of this Realme. a 1649 Drummond of Hawthornden Hist. Jas. I, Wks. (1711) 7 To defend the country against the incursions of these highlandmen. a 1835 Hogg Song, ‘Come o'er the stream, Charlie’ iii, A troop of our bold Highlandmen. |