[f. LOWLAND + -ER1.] An inhabitant of the low-lying or level portion of a country or district.
1835. Thirlwall, Greece, I. iv. 105. The hostility of the Lowlanders, the Lapiths, whom they certainly never subdued.
1865. Kingsley, Herew., I. 4. The lowlander, on the other hand, has his own strength.
b. spec. An inhabitant of the Lowlands of Scotland.
1692. Lond. Gaz., No. 2732/3. The Clan Gregor, and many others, both Highlanders and Lowlanders,… are now come in.
c. 1775. Johnson, in Hawkins, Life (1787), 490. Of the … state of the whole Earse nation, the Lowlanders are, at least, as ignorant as ourselves.
1900. Blackw. Mag., Oct., 468/1. The little lowlander strutted as he played the evening melody.
