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Definition of Caterans
1. cateran [n] - See also: cateran
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caterans
Literary usage of Caterans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pencillings by the Way by Nathaniel Parker Willis (1836)
"... a robber and his caterans, probably, in its more common garb of Scotch mist;
but, to my eye, it was a scene of the most Arcadian peace and serenity. ..."
2. The Dawn in Britain by Charles Montagu Doughty (1906)
"... A wind ; whence being laid dark spirits of tempest, That army of caterans
safely overpass ! In the next month, came Kynan, ..."
3. A Tour in Tartan-land by Cuthbert Bede (1863)
"CHAPTER XXI. LOCH KATRINE AND ELLEN'S ISLE. Ancient and Modern caterans— ...
Indeed, the very name of the Lake may remind us of the caterans, ..."
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