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Cateran

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(from the Gaelic ceathairne, a collective word meaning "peasantry"), the band of fighting men of a Highland clan; hence the term is applied to the Highland, and later to any, marauders or cattle-lifters.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Cateran'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​c/cateran.html. 1910.
 
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