highlander
Portuguese, noun
highlander is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “highlander; Highlander (someone from the Scottish Highlands)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Highlander is a different word: “someone who survives or perseveres against all odds”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “natural ou habitante das Terras Altas, região ao norte da Escócia”.
What does highlander mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinehighlander; Highlander (someone from the Scottish Highlands)
noun
- 1
Brazilfemininemasculinesomeone who survives or perseveres against all odds
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. referente às Terras Altas, sua cultura, língua e povo
noun: 1. natural ou habitante das Terras Altas, região ao norte da Escócia
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of highlander
- Highlanders plural
- highlanders plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is highlander in Portuguese?
highlander appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).