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
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Their only foe is the hawk, who levies blackmail on them as coolly and regularly as any other plumed cateran.
From Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 by Various
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 Sir Walter Scott
They had expected Rob to be a much more imposing and majestic cateran, and complained that his foot was set too late on his native heather.
From Rob Roy — Volume 01 by Sir Walter Scott
“Did you ever hear of the famous northern cateran, Ben Nevis?” asked Burdale.
From John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea by William Henry Giles Kingston
This was not the common talk of a Border cateran.
From The Half-Hearted by John Buchan
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