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uplander
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Upland \Up"land\, a.
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Of or pertaining to uplands; being on upland; high in situation; as, upland inhabitants; upland pasturage.
Sometimes, with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite.
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Pertaining to the country, as distinguished from the neighborhood of towns; rustic; rude; unpolished. [Obs.W2] `` The race of upland giants.''
--Chapman.Upland moccasin. (Zo["o]l.) See Moccasin.
Upland sandpiper, or Upland plover (Zo["o]l.), a large American sandpiper ( Bartramia longicauda) much valued as a game bird. Unlike most sandpipers, it frequents fields and uplands. Called also Bartramian sandpiper, Bartram's tattler, field plover, grass plover, highland plover, hillbird, humility, prairie plover, prairie pigeon, prairie snipe, papabote, quaily, and uplander.
Upland sumach (Bot.), a North American shrub of the genus Rhus ( Rhus glabra), used in tanning and dyeing.
Wiktionary
n. a person from the uplands
Usage examples of "uplander".
Gavril is far too important to be squired by an uplander of minor lineage.
Until a girl mentions that name, until someone tries to kill me, until a little uplander Jap who happens to have a total-recall memory mentions the name too.
If he had not been eld he would not have been much worried, but uplanders were notoriously prejudiced against those of his kind.
It was only a few days short of Aelintide, the great feast-day of autumn harvest, with a month beyond that to Selwinmas and what the uplanders called the long cold.
Uplanders were notorious backsliders, always letting their faith falter in favor of the old ways.
It was only a few days short of Aelintide, the great feast-day of autumn harvest, with a month beyond that to Selwinmas and what the uplanders called the long cold.