cateran

名词 n.
/ˈkatəɹən/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A Highlander working as a professional fighter; a mercenary attached to a Scottish clan. historical
    — And the great-grandson of Cospatric, he joined the English against the cateran Wallace […].
  2. A freebooter, marauder.

词形变化

caterans plural

词源

From Scottish Gaelic ceatharn (“troop”), ceathairne (“peasantry, yeomanry”).
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