cateran
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cateran
1325–75; < Medieval Latin caterānus, Latinized form of Middle English ( Scots ) catherein < Scots Gaelic ceatharn; see kern 1
Example Sentences
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It was the fault of yon Highland cateran, whom it is my curse to be cumbered with; but he shall go back to his glens tomorrow, or taste the tolbooth of the burgh.
From The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day by Scott, Walter, Sir
“Is that for the cateran back again?” asked the other.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Therefore, do not imagine, in your innocence, that we have only to melt away among those English hills as a Highland cateran might into your god-forsaken Highland mountains.
From The Ball and the Cross by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
But what is that long-haired, bare-legged cateran screaming about with his arms going like a windmill?
From A Prince of Good Fellows by Barr, Robert
MacTavish Mhor had not sat still on that occasion, and he was outlawed, both as a traitor to the state and as a robber and cateran.
From Chronicles of the Canongate by Scott, Walter, Sir
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