lowlander

lowlander

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English lowland
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āsjos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English lowlander

    From lowland + -er.

    Noun

    lowlander (plural lowlanders)

    1. (Scotland) A person who inhabits the Scottish Lowlands.
    2. Anyone who lives in a lowland region.
      Coordinate term: highlander
    3. (Philippines, chiefly Cordillera, somewhat derogatory) anyone who is not living on the Cordillera Mountain Range.

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