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单词 cateran
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Definition of cateran in English:

cateran

noun ˈkat(ə)r(ə)nˈkadərən
historical
  • A warrior or raider from the Scottish Highlands.

    〈史〉苏格兰高地武士;苏格兰高地劫匪

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In 1390, on Robert II's death, Buchan and his caterans burned Forres, and then Elgin burgh and cathedral, in reprisals for Moray's actions.
    • How, then, do we account for another footnoted passage, in Chapter 32, referring to the surprise attack by Rob Roy's caterans on the English horsemen under Captain Thornton?
    • But despite the commanders, the dukes, marquises knights and princes it is the common cateran who has left his mark.
    Synonyms
    robber, raider, mugger

Origin

Middle English (originally in the plural or as a collective singular denoting the peasantry as fighters): from Scottish Gaelic ceathairne 'peasantry'.

Rhymes

Lateran

Definition of cateran in US English:

cateran

nounˈkadərən
historical
  • A warrior or raider from the Scottish Highlands.

    〈史〉苏格兰高地武士;苏格兰高地劫匪

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In 1390, on Robert II's death, Buchan and his caterans burned Forres, and then Elgin burgh and cathedral, in reprisals for Moray's actions.
    • But despite the commanders, the dukes, marquises knights and princes it is the common cateran who has left his mark.
    • How, then, do we account for another footnoted passage, in Chapter 32, referring to the surprise attack by Rob Roy's caterans on the English horsemen under Captain Thornton?
    Synonyms
    robber, raider, mugger

Origin

Middle English (originally in the plural or as a collective singular denoting the peasantry as fighters): from Scottish Gaelic ceathairne ‘peasantry’.

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