highman

H4I1G2H4M3A1N1

noun

A man of rank, especially a high rank; a superior.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounhighman (plural highmen)

plural highmen

  1. A man of rank, especially a high rank; a superior.

    So the highman sent to the King, asking him to purchase the wool for his troops at a bargain price. "But the highman did not know that rain in the west hills had caused a blight of wool rot on the sheep there. […]"

    2007, David Farland, The Runelords
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    If not riding for life, that he is riding for immortality; and as the hero may perchance feel (for even a highman may feel like a hero), when he willingly throws away his existence in the hope of earning a glorious name, […]

    1834, The New sporting magazine, page 88
  2. archaicslanggamblingA loaded die that yields high numbers.

    "He had a couple of bales of crooked dice, a highman and a lowman and one with a bristle on the pip, but he hasn't the way of using them properly yet. […]"

    2012, P F Chisholm, A Famine of Horses

Origin

  1. Middle Englishheimon
  2. Englishhighman

From Middle English heimon, equivalent to high + man.

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APA

highman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/highman

MLA

“highman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/highman. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “highman,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/highman.

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