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Cateran

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Caterann. [Gael. ceatharnach. Cf. Kern Irish foot soldier.].
     A Highland robber: a kind of irregular soldier.  Sir W. Scott.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Cateran, n. Sc. a Highland irregular fighting man; a marauder.

Etymology
ME f. med.L cateranus & Gael. ceathairne peasantry

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