cateran

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Pronunciation

/ˈkatəɹən/ (UK)

Definition of cateran

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(historical)A Highlander working as a professional fighter; a mercenary attached to a Scottish clan.

“And the great-grandson of Cospatric, he joined the English against the cateran Wallace […].”
“They found the hire of lawyers more cost-effective than the maintenance of caterans.”

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noun

(historical)A Highlander working as a professional fighter; a mercenary attached to a Scottish clan.

“And the great-grandson of Cospatric, he joined the English against the cateran Wallace […].”
“They found the hire of lawyers more cost-effective than the maintenance of caterans.”
A freebooter, marauder.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

From Scottish Gaelic ceatharn (“troop”), ceathairne (“peasantry, yeomanry”).

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