Cateran (Gaelic, ceatharnach, 'a soldier'), originally an Irish or Highland soldier, a kern; usually, however, a Highland reiver or freebooter. See CLAN, BLACKMAIL, ROB ROY.
Cateran
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 5
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