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cateran
noun
[ ˈkat(ə)r(ə)n ]
• a warrior or raider from the Scottish Highlands.
Origin:
Middle English (originally in the plural or as a collective singular denoting the peasantry as fighters): from Scottish Gaelic ceathairne ‘peasantry’.
