adjective
Relating to or characteristic of the Hebrides, a group of islands off the north-western coast of Scotland.
‘Hebridean folklore’- ‘She's a young Scottish singer-songwriter living on the Isle of Lewis, one of the Hebridean Islands.’
- ‘The upper and western flanks play host to windswept heath, now being grazed by 20 very black, very agile, Hebridean sheep.’
- ‘There is a magic that draws some people - us included, as often as possible - back to our Hebridean haunts.’
- ‘And was there not something Hebridean about his air of self-awareness and calm?’
- ‘It is Scotland's remotest tennis court, carved out of the Hebridean landscape with a beautiful setting and views out over the Atlantic Ocean.’
noun
A native or inhabitant of the Hebrides, a group of islands off the north-western coast of Scotland.
‘the ship left its precious cargo to be salvaged by enterprising Hebrideans’- ‘It is a Hebridean who can take much of the credit for starting the extraordinary change now facing Scotland's biggest city.’
- ‘Inside, we find an authentic realisation of the type of dwelling in which, for generations, Hebrideans passed their lives.’
- ‘Hebrideans have always prized the gannet, both as a dish and for lamp fuel.’
- ‘He was one of that generation of Hebrideans who left school at the age of 14 or 15 with no prospect of any form of further education after that.’
- ‘Orcadians and Shetlanders tend to visit Aberdeen for hospital, social, family and entertainment needs, unlike Hebrideans, who head to Glasgow.’
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