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Highland Clearances
High·land Clear·anc·es


plural noun 
Definition:
 
eviction of Scottish Highlanders: the forcible removal of tenants from their land by many 18th- and 19th-century landlords in the Scottish Highlands, usually to introduce sheep farming
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