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Definition of Cateran
1. n. A Highland robber: a kind of irregular soldier.
Definition of Cateran
1. Noun. (historical) A Highlander working as a professional fighter; a mercenary attached to a Scottish clan. ¹
2. Noun. A freebooter, marauder. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cateran
1. a brigand [n -S] - See also: brigand
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cateran
Literary usage of Cateran
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Aberdeen and Banff by William Watt (1900)
""THE SCOTTISH VANDYCK" —DESCRIPTION OF THE CITY OF ABERDEEN — THE DARKER SIDE OF
THE PICTURE — POVERTY AND MENDICANCY — cateran IRRUPTIONS—TUMULTS OF ..."
2. The History and Traditions of the Land of the Lindsays in Angus and Mearns by Andrew Jervise (1882)
"... yett—Age of castle—To check the cateran—Unsettled state of the glen—A refuge
for the Bruce- Cairns on the Rowan—Mines of Glenesk. ..."
3. A Yachtsman's Holidays; Or, Cruising in the West Highlands by John Inglis (1879)
"It is admitted that an occasional Highland cateran disguised as a landlord does
make rather much of the shortness of his season and his remoteness from ..."
4. Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of Tasmania by Tasmania Supreme Court, William Joshua Tilley Stops, Herbert Nicholls (1907)
"Thomas Keating, the racehorse cateran for the sum of 100 1900 guineas, payable
as follows :—Acceptance for 70 guineas due 4th KEATING March, 1896, ..."
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