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cateran (iou)



cateran noun. ME.
[medieval Latin cateranus, kethernus or its source Gaelic ceathairne peasantry (= Irish ceithearn KERN noun1).]
Hist. An irregular fighting-man of the Scottish Highlands. (Orig. in pl. & as collect. sing.) ME.
transf. A raider, a marauder. L19.