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Scottish Highlander
Answer for the clue "Scottish Highlander ", 8 letters:
clansman
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Word definitions for clansman in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1810, "member of a clan," from genitive of clan + man (n.).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a member of a clan [syn: clanswoman , clan member ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Or see clan . Clansman is the name of a combat net radio system (CNR) used by the British Army from 1976 to 2010. Clansman was developed by the Signals Research and Development Establishment (SRDE) in the 1960s, to satisfy a General Staff Requirement (GSR) ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Clansman \Clans"man\, n.; pl. Clansmen . One belonging to the same clan with another.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A male member of a clan.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Every clansman was determined to outdo the Campbells in display, and looked to his finery. ▪ He would be a lantern to his clansmen, and lightning striking at his enemies. ▪ Often, before the arrival of the hunters, somebody tipped ...
Usage examples of clansman.
Nor could he obliterate the face of the Chatti clansman he had killed during his last battle in Rome.
Prepared to add more, Lord Diegan lost the chance as the wizened old clansman snapped off a hand signal.
Until about twenty years ago, when the mining operations began in the Siad and Bos Kashi lands, the weapons the clansmen carried were pretty primitive devices, mostly projectile launchers of various types.
The heel of Sacred Sun had sunk into the line of bluish haze which was the foothills of the Kahpneezon Mountains, when Bili had Hwahltuh and his clansmen halt within the concealment afforded by the woods which flanked the ploughlands of Geertohnee.
Every portlight flared, scouring shadows and squinting the eyes of the white-robed Clansman who stood in the doorway at the highest point of the gallery.
The first killings had been by the Squeaking Goblin--and they had set Raymonds upon Snows, because old Columbus Snow, the original Squeaking Goblin, who had been killed eighty years or more ago, had been a Snow clansman, and the Raymonds suspected a Snow of using the disguise of old Columbus.
Either the Clansman began owning up to his responsibilities, or Blade was going to boot him all the way back to Minnesota.
Thunder came after the Clansman, followed by Sergeant Havoc, Lieutenant Clayboss, and Sergeant Rivera.
Havoc glared to his right, his lips tightening at the sight of the Clansman huddled in the far corner of the room.
The Clansman had withdrawn into himself after the incident with the burgers.
The Clansman was slumped on the dirt on his left side, a spreading pool of blood under him, his eyes closed, an odd grin on his face.
Four figures moved toward the Clansman while two others tried to dodge past to reach the Clanswoman he protected.
The Clansman stood facing the remaining two, his blade lifted like a dare.
The Clansman himself, remarkably intact, lay half under one of those bodies.
He knew what Bowman would have to say if he left the Clansman for Port Authority.