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cateran
cat·er·an [ káttərən ] (plural cat·er·ans)


noun 
Definition:
 
former Scottish brigand: in former times, a member of a band of brigands in the Scottish Highlands
[14th century. Directly or via medieval Latin cateranus< Gaelic ceathairne "peasantry"]
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