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  • noun Plural form of highlander.

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Examples

  • A significant slice of the remaining population is not indigenous to the area and known as "highlanders" - regardless of where they come from in Ethiopia.

    Spero News 2010

  • A significant slice of the remaining population is not indigenous to the area and known as "highlanders" - regardless of where they come from in Ethiopia.

    IRIN 2010

  • A significant slice of the remaining population is not indigenous to the area and known as "highlanders" - regardless of where they come from in Ethiopia.

    IRIN 2010

  • A significant slice of the remaining population is not indigenous to the area and known as "highlanders" - regardless of where they come from in Ethiopia.

    IRIN 2010

  • I’ve long wondered whether these Maghreb runners tend to be highlanders from the Rif Mountains, just as the Kenyan and Ethiopian stars are largely from high altitude regions in their countries.

    Matthew Yglesias » Irony Watch: Islamic Solidarity Games Break Down Over Gulf Naming Dispute 2010

  • I haven't read her faefever series yet, but her highlanders are awesome (Adam's story is, in my opinion, one of the best).

    Friday Book Club Nalini Singh 2010

  • According to an eyewitness Alexander Armour at the start of the charge of the greys had to pass through the ranks of the Highland Brigade and armour recalled The highlanders were then ordered to wheel back, when they did so we rushed through them at the same time they heard us calling Now my boys Scotland Forever.

    Elizabeth Thompson, Lady Butler de Brantigny........................ 2008

  • According to an eyewitness Alexander Armour at the start of the charge of the greys had to pass through the ranks of the Highland Brigade and armour recalled The highlanders were then ordered to wheel back, when they did so we rushed through them at the same time they heard us calling Now my boys Scotland Forever.

    Archive 2008-02-17 de Brantigny........................ 2008

  • "highlanders" - regardless of where they come from in Ethiopia.

    Reuters AlertNet - ANALYSIS: Western Ethiopia's Gambella region faces risks head-on 2010

  • Monotheism inevitably leads to strife as one bunch of "highlanders" disputes with and tries to claim the power of the other.

    Are we a Christian Nation? 2009

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