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cat·er·an
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caterannoun
A Highlander working as a professional fighter; a mercenary attached to a Scottish clan.
caterannoun
A freebooter, marauder.
Etymology: From ceatharn, ceathairne.
Webster Dictionary
Caterannoun
a Highland robber: a kind of irregular soldier
Etymology: [Gael. ceatharnach. Cf. Kern Irish foot soldier.]
Wikidata
Cateran
The term cateran historically referred to a band of fighting men of a Scotland Highland clan; hence the term applied to the Highland, and later to any, marauders or cattle-lifters. An individual member is a ceithernach or catanach. According to Dr. Randy Lee Eichoff, PhD, Old Celtic, it derives from Old Celtic 'cat' and 'nach' Catanach means war-man, warrior. Its plural is ceithern or ceithrenn or caithereine or kettering or kettenring and several other spellings. Magnus Magnusson states in his Scotland, The Story of a Nation that some Highland chieftains retained substantial private armies of professional soldiers known as 'ceatharn' used against their neighbours. Problems arose when the third royal son of King Robert II, Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan began using a force of 'caterans' himself. Subsequently, the word 'cateran' came to refer to those Highland bandits or malefactors. Caterans feature in many Scottish novels and short stories, notably Hamish MacTavish Mhor in Walter Scott's 'The Highland Widow'.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Cateran
kat′er-an, n. a Highland reiver or freebooter, a robber or brigand generally. [Gael. ceathairne, peasantry, Ir. ceithern, a band of soldiers.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of cateran in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of cateran in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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