Highlander
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See also: highlander
English
Etymology 1
From Highlands + -er, equivalent to a specific application of highlander.
Noun
Highlander (plural Highlanders)
Hypernyms
- See Scot
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Translations
inhabitant of the Scottish Highlands
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Etymology 2
Americanized spelling of German Heilander.
Proper noun
Highlander (plural Highlanders)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Highlander is the 39607th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 555 individuals. Highlander is most common among White (96.94%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Highlander”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 176.
Portuguese
Etymology
After the immortal title character of the Highlander film franchise.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /hajˈlɐ̃.deʁ/
- Homophone: highlander
Noun
Highlander m or f by sense (plural Highlanders)
- (Brazil, humorous) someone who survives or perseveres against all odds
- 2013, André de Coimbra Santos, Vidas Sobre Duas Rodas, Clube de Autores, page 63:
- É condição “Sine qua non”, para sair pilotando, utilizar os equipamentos de proteção, sob pena para os desobedientes, de serem multados e até ter a moto apreendida, como também para os que acham que são “Highlander” e percebem da pior forma que não são - depois que passam a morar debaixo de sete palmos de terra, ou então trocam as duas rodas motorizadas por uma cadeira sobre rodas ou uma muleta.
- It is a sine qua non precondition, before you go out driving , to use protective gear; with those who disobey facing the penalty of being fined or even having their motorcycle seized, or those who think they are “Highlander” and find out the worst way possible that they are not - after they start living six feet under, or exchange their two motor wheels for a wheelchair or a crutch.
- 2015, Felipe Andreoli, O pior futebol de todos os tempos, Panda Books, page 17:
- O Maranhão tem, pelo menos, duas instituições: o imortal (mais porque não morre do que pelas obras que já escreveu), o Highlander da política, José Sarney, e o glorioso Sampaio Corrêa Futebol Clube.
- Maranhão has at least two institutions: the immortal (more so because he won’t die than because of the works he has authored), the Highlander of politics: José Sarney, and the glorious Sampaio Corrêa Football Club.
- 2019, Eugênio Esber, Todas as Páginas de Henrique Leão Kiperman, Bookman Editora, page 286:
- Das duas vezes anteriores, em 1989 e em 2000, ele havia se recuperado satisfatoriamente, a ponto de Adriane se referir a ele como “nosso Highlander”, em referência ao protagonista do filme “Guerreiro Imortal”.
- He had recovered satisfactorily from the previous two in 1989 and in 2000, to the point that Adriane would refer to him as “our Highlander”, after the main character of the film “Highlander”.