[f. UPLAND sb.2 Cf. Da. oplænder.] An inhabitant or native of an upland part or district.
1699. Boyer, Uplander, montagnard.
1706. Phillips (ed. Kersey), Uplander, one that lives in the High Grounds; an High-lander.
1773. Johnson (ed. 4), s.v. Upland, Probably because the uplanders, having less commerce, were less civilised.
a. 1825. Forby, Voc. E. Anglia, II. 365. Uplander, Uplandman, an inhabitant of the uplands.
1870. Morris, Earthly Par., I. I. 14. But fifty knew the shipman’s gear, The rest were uplanders.
1888. Oman, Hist. Greece, xi. (1901), 103. These Uplanders occupied the arid hills of the interior.
