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cat·eran (kat′ər ən)

noun

a Scottish Highlands brigand

Etymology: Scot catherein < Gael ceathairne, common people

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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